AN EARLY VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS EIGHT DAY CHRONOMETER TIMEPIECE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH STAPLE BALANCE
EDWARD JOHN DENT, LONDON, NO. 693. MID 19TH CENTURY
CASE: recessed top and leaf-cast tie to square section handle, bevelled glasses, lock to underside for sliding rear glass panel DIAL: pierced and engraved foliate mask to white enamel chapter disc, subsidiary seconds at XII, signed 'DENT/LONDON, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: single chain fusee, maintaining power, gilt platform with underslung Earnshaw's detent escapement to Dent's staple balance and blued steel helical spring, spot-finished back plate signed 'Dent/LONDON/693'; winding key, case key
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
AN EARLY VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS EIGHT DAY CHRONOMETER TIMEPIECE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH STAPLE BALANCE
EDWARD JOHN DENT, LONDON, NO. 693. MID 19TH CENTURY
CASE: recessed top and leaf-cast tie to square section handle, bevelled glasses, lock to underside for sliding rear glass panel DIAL: pierced and engraved foliate mask to white enamel chapter disc, subsidiary seconds at XII, signed 'DENT/LONDON, blued steel hands MOVEMENT: single chain fusee, maintaining power, gilt platform with underslung Earnshaw's detent escapement to Dent's staple balance and blued steel helical spring, spot-finished back plate signed 'Dent/LONDON/693'; winding key, case key
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
