A9145

Gold Pocket Chronometer by Pennington

£8,350.00

Signed  Wm Haddack Bath
Hallmarked London   1822
An early 19th Century English chronometer by Pennington in a gold consular case.
Diameter   54 mm       Depth   16 mm

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Description

An early 19th Century English chronometer by Pennington in a gold consular case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, Pennington compensation balance with blue steel arms.  Freesprung helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement with adjustable dovetailed foot.  Gold dial with engine turned centre, subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals on a matted ground.  Blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Plain 18 carat consular case, maker's mark “LC”.

In excellent overall condition.  See “The English Watch” by Terence Camerer Cuss, page 349 for a very similar chronometer by Pennington.  William Haddack was a leading retailer of the time who appears to have chosen high quality makers. Casemaker Louis Comptesse.