THOMAS MUDGE & WILLIAM DUTTON, 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASED KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH
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THOMAS MUDGE & WILLIAM DUTTON, 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASED KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH

NO. 686

Fermé18 May 2021

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THOMAS MUDGE & WILLIAM DUTTON, 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASED KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH
NO. 686
CIRCA: 1770
CASE MATERIAL: 18K gold and enamel
CASE SIZE: Inner case 44 mm. diam., outer case 51 mm. diam.
DIAL: White enamel
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Quarter repeating

Note du spécialiste

Thomas Mudge (1715-1794) was apprenticed in 1730 to the great clockmaker George Graham. He succeeded Graham in 1750, going into partnership with another of Graham's apprentices, William Dutton (born c.1720, apprenticed 1738) in 1750 or 1755. In 1771 Mudge moved to Plymouth to work on the development of the marine chronometer. Dutton succeeded to the business in 1794.