Pair-case watch probably ca. 1695 Case maker: Probably Adam Roumeau Nicholas II and his brother, Henry Massy, were members of a distinguished family of Huguenot clockmakers. Their family emigrated from Blois to London, where Henry was born. After 1700 Nicholas II went to The Hague, where he apparently cooperated with his London based brother in supplying gold watches for Continental patrons. Adam Roumeau, a goldsmith from Marseille, was made free of the London Goldsmiths Company a few months after receiving his letters of naturalization in 1687. Both watchmakers and goldsmiths were part of the diaspora of French Protestants in the years leading up to and following Louis XIVs Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. The monogram on the outer case has not been identified.. Pair-case watch. British, London. probably ca. 1695. Case and dial: silver with blued-steel hand; movement: brass and steel. Horology

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Pair-case watch probably ca. 1695 Case maker: Probably Adam Roumeau Nicholas II and his brother, Henry Massy, were members of a distinguished family of Huguenot clockmakers. Their family emigrated from Blois to London, where Henry was born. After 1700 Nicholas II went to The Hague, where he apparently cooperated with his London based brother in supplying gold watches for Continental patrons. Adam Roumeau, a goldsmith from Marseille, was made free of the London Goldsmiths Company a few months after receiving his letters of naturalization in 1687. Both watchmakers and goldsmiths were part of the diaspora of French Protestants in the years leading up to and following Louis XIVs Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. The monogram on the outer case has not been identified.. Pair-case watch. British, London. probably ca. 1695. Case and dial: silver with blued-steel hand; movement: brass and steel. Horology

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