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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20384
label
Watch with 24 Hour Dial
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
20384
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Watch with 24 Hour Dial
description
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.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1792-1793
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
watches
cases
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Source extras
med
silver-gilt
creator_ids
2798
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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d9c67053b78435ac