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World-time watch
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Switzerland, Geneva (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.73