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

 

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