Dent London. No 702 Circa 1845.
Case
Gilt brass case with recessed ‘funnel’ top and leaf-cast tie to folding square section handle, beveled glasses.
With original gilt-tooled green leather travelling case and case key.
Dial
Matted and engraved foliate mask to white enamel Roman chapter disc, subsidiary seconds at XII, sign DENT/LONDON, blued steel moon hands,
Movement
Movement with single chain fuse, maintaining power, gilt platform with underslung Earnshaw-type chronometer escapement, Dent’s staple balance and blued steel helical spring.
Sliding rear glass with release to the base, the back plate with repeat signature and numbered 702.
Duration
7 days.
Comparative Literature
Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, pages 303-323.
Allix and Bonnert, Carriage Clocks their History and Development, pages247-264.
Escapement
Dent’s patent compensated staple balance with Earnhaw-type spring detent and blued steel helical balance spring.
Case
Gilt brass case with recessed ‘funnel’ top and leaf-cast tie to folding square section handle, beveled glasses.
With original gilt-tooled green leather travelling case and case key.
Dial
Matted and engraved foliate mask to white enamel Roman chapter disc, subsidiary seconds at XII, sign DENT/LONDON, blued steel moon hands,
Movement
Movement with single chain fuse, maintaining power, gilt platform with underslung Earnshaw-type chronometer escapement, Dent’s staple balance and blued steel helical spring.
Sliding rear glass with release to the base, the back plate with repeat signature and numbered 702.
Duration
7 days.
Comparative Literature
Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, pages 303-323.
Allix and Bonnert, Carriage Clocks their History and Development, pages247-264.
Escapement
Dent’s patent compensated staple balance with Earnhaw-type spring detent and blued steel helical balance spring.
Case
Gilt brass case with recessed ‘funnel’ top and leaf-cast tie to folding square section handle, beveled glasses.
With original gilt-tooled green leather travelling case and case key.
Dial
Matted and engraved foliate mask to white enamel Roman chapter disc, subsidiary seconds at XII, sign DENT/LONDON, blued steel moon hands,
Movement
Movement with single chain fuse, maintaining power, gilt platform with underslung Earnshaw-type chronometer escapement, Dent’s staple balance and blued steel helical spring.
Sliding rear glass with release to the base, the back plate with repeat signature and numbered 702.
Duration
7 days.
Comparative Literature
Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, pages 303-323.
Allix and Bonnert, Carriage Clocks their History and Development, pages247-264.
Escapement
Dent’s patent compensated staple balance with Earnhaw-type spring detent and blued steel helical balance spring.