Description: Fire gilt brass watch case (diameter: 61.5mm, hight 25.4mm). Deeper engraving as older ‘drum’ versions. The hinge more elaborate and ornate, but the biggest change would be a safety system for the lid.
Additional Info:
The shape of the watch cases got more rounded towards the end of the 16th century. The movements started to get flatter, so the walls of the watches got more organic in shape. The movements are still made of steel and can retain the stackfreed system. The foliot (dumbbell shaped) replaces the balance used in verge fusee systems. The lid still has the openings to show the time and the central hole for setting the single steel hand. The decoration is still highly symmetrical, but naturalistic and organic forms take over.
Antiquarian Horology 