ROMLLY - Jean. Paris, (Place Dauphine).
1714: born (Native of Geneva)
1752: master
1794: died
A very able watchmaker. Made 8-day and equation watches and in 1755 watches beating seconds.
ln 1768 made a marine timekeeper, damaged during trial.
Made a watch going for a year at a winding.
Wrote the technical part of the article on 'Horlogerie' in the 'Encyclopédie Méthodique.'
Two golden enamelled watches: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Watches: James Arthur coll., N.Y. University, .
Golden enamelled watches: Lincoln Museum.M.P.S. Dresden,
Mantel clock: Hofburg, Vienna