Watch, wrist
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- OBJECT TYPE
- automatic/skeletonized/men's
- DATE
- 2009
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2014.0195.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Francesco Basile
- MODEL
- L'Aquila 2009
- LOCATION
- Venice, Italy
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Gold, metal, glass, leather, diamond markers and ruby jewel bearings.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.7 cm
- Width
- 4.7 cm
- Height
- 1.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Watches
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Francesco
- Country
- Italy
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Venice
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- New, never used
- Canada
-
Taken from acquisition proposal: This watch was given to Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila. This summit was moved from the city of La Maddalena to L’Aquila as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. In addition to Prime Minister Harper, this watch was given to the other representatives at the “G8 from La Maddalena to L’Aquila Summit 2009.” These representatives were: Silvio Berlusconi (Italy), Barack Obama (USA), Gordon Brown (UK), Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Dimitry Medvedev (Russia), Angela Merkel (Germany), Taro Aso (Japan), Josè Barroso (Ec), and Frederik Reinfeldt (Eu). (ref. 2) - Function
-
To measure and display passage of time in 24-hour period in hours, minutes, and seconds. - Technical
-
Taken from acquisition proposal: The mechanical movement watch is Swiss made and manually wound. It is “skeletonized”, meaning the metal parts are reduced to a minimum to make the moving parts visible. The rose gold dial has a perforated design of the cross of Nicola da Guardiagrele. The Basile watch company has been in operation since 1870. It is currently based in Venice and managed by the 4th generation of Basile’s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print on dial "FRANCESCO BASILE/ VENEZIA/ MADE IN ITALY". Engraved print on the back of the watch "STEPHEN HARPER/ G8/ FROM/ LA MADDALENA/ TO/ L'AQUILA/ SUMMIT/ 2009". Engraved print on wrist band buckle "G8/ 2009" with an eagle? logo and the manufacturer's logo of two mirrored "B". Stamped into the back of the leather wrist band is "CROCO VERITABLE" and manufacturer's logo of two mirrored "B" and "Francesco Basile/ Venezia".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Polished stainless steel case with engraved print. Skeletonized interior with pink gold dial and polished silver metal? or white gold? movement. Hand engraved decoration on every visible part of the movement. Movement fastened with sapphire blue screws and ruby? jewel bearings. The hour, minute and second hands are made of sapphire blue enameled metal. Anti-glare sapphire crystal on the front and the back of the case. There are 8 natural diamonds in star shaped gold settings to indicate time "2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10" markers. Exterior of wrist band is made of black crocodile leather, lined with white leather and sewn with black thread. Polished silver metal buckle with engravings.
- Decoration
- Rose gold dial has the cross of Nicola da Guardiagrele picked out in a perforated design. Around the dial is fine guilloche work.
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Francesco Basile, Watch, wrist, 2009, Artifact no. 2014.0195, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0195.001/
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