Watch with 24 Hour Dial
This unusual watch with a 24-hour dial (face) needed only to be wound once each week. Initially, during the French Revolution, the dial might have been calibrated in the decimal system for a ten-hour day and was later converted to the normal 12-hour system.
Artifact
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id
20384
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.47_Fnt_NG_1121.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.47_Fnt_NG_1121.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_58.47_Fnt_NG_1121.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.47 |
Terms
Medium
silver-gilt
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