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XII.42 Double-case watch
Maker:Daniel Quare
Place:London
Date:late 17th cent.
Materials:gilt brass, lacquered brass, enamel
Dimensions:clock diameter 48 mm; thickness (with glass) c. 30 mm; outer-case diameter 55 mm
Current inventory:3846
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The clock has a gilt-brass inner case and a lacquered outer case. The enamel dial displays Roman hour numerals and Arabic five-minute numerals. The hands are of burnished steel. The special feature of this model is the hour and quarter-hour repeater, invented in England a few years earlier. The maker Daniel Quare, whose signature is engraved on the plate, perfected and presented the invention to King James II in 1687, obtaining a patent for it.

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