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| Index No. A5904 | Rare Silver Mock Pendulum English Verge |
| A rare early 18th Century verge with reverse fusee and mock pendulum in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement the broad Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above. Unusual reversed fusee and chain with ratchet wheel barrel setup between the plates. Engraved winged mock pendulum bridge cock with mask. The gilt bob which is attached to the three arm gilt balance visible through a semi-circular aperture. Signed silver champleve dial with a small aperture in the 60 minute division revealing the blue steel regulator. This adjusts the index via a decorative blue steel arbor which passes through the plates. Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, split bezel on the inner, makers mark probably "IB" below a crown. | ||
| Signed | David Lesturgeon London | |
| Condition | Circa | 1705 |
| Case | Very good. | ||
| Dial | Excellent. | Diameter | 54 mm |
| Movement | Excellent although some scuff marks to the mask on the cock. | Depth | 17.5 mm |
| A very unusual watch with a number of interesting features. The rarest feature is the use of a reversed fusee at this period. It may have been used in order to allow for the regulator on the dial and to place the winding square directly opposite the pendant rather than for the theoretical advantage of decreasing pressure on the arbors of the barrel and fusee. The use of a regulator on the dial is also rare, the decorative blue steel arbor passing through both plates necessitating the non standard train layout. Few English makers used a bridge cock, the engraving and small wings however are typically English. The ratchet setup to the barrel appears original and not a later repair. |
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