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The two plates of the movement are held between baluster pillars.  The hour ring is in silver, the figures inlaid with black enamel.  The case is in the shape of a gourd made of rock crystal mounted in gilt brass.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Edward East was apprenticed to Richard Rogers of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1618, and became a Freeman in 1627.  In 1632 he was made one of the first Assistants of the Clockmakers' Company which had been founded the year before.  He was Master of the Company in 1645 and 1653.  In 1660 he was appointed Chief Clockmaker to the king.  He seems to have operated on a large scale and to have had Royalist and Roman Catholic connections.<br><br>Edward East's will suggests that he was resident in Hampton, Middlesex, in 1688, though his business continued in London. His will was proved in February 1697 but the exact date of his death is not known.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>The dial is engraved inside the hour ring with the birth of Jesus.  Above the hour ring is a nude figure of Time with his traditional symbols of a scythe and an hour glass.","physicalDescription":"Gilt-brass dial engraved with the Nativity and a figure of Time","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"East, Edward","id":"A8357"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Rock crystal case, with an engraved gilt-brass dial; the pendant has been replaced","categories":[{"text":"Clocks & Watches","id":"THES48976"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AM9440","2006AM9439","2006AL5206","2017KB3954","2017KJ9758"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56E","id":"THES49241"},"free":"","case":"CA9","shelf":"","box":"30"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Watch","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1635","earliest":"1630-01-01","latest":"1639-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Miss E. 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At this time watches commonly only had one hand.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars label text: \r\n\r\nWatch in the form of a gourd\r\nAbout 1635\r\n\r\nThis watch was made by Edward East, a preeminent London watchmaker. East supplied Charles I with a watch in the year of his execution. He was appointed Chief Clockmaker to Charles II in 1660.\r\nDuring the 17th century London clockmakers achieved an international reputation.\r\n\r\nLondon\r\nMovement by Edward East\r\nRock crystal, gilded and engraved brass, steel, silver hour ring\r\nand enamelled numerals; gut-driven fusee, verge escapement\r\nGiven by Miss Eva M. 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