World-time watch

Description On the back of this watch is a revolving disc of gold indicating the different times in different cities round the world, the names of which are inscribed in gold on blue enamel. The Geneva-made watch was perhaps made for the Italian market as the major city at the top is Milan. This is a very early example of a world-time watch.

Provenance Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870); Tiffany and Company, New York, prior to 1893 [mode of acquisition unknown] (on 1893 list, no. 17); Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired before 1931