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An important gilt giant chronometer escapement quarter chiming carriage clock with perpetual calendar and moon phase, displaying the Equation of Time, on turntable basesigned, M. F. Dent, London, no 24128 Circa 1862
16 October 2019, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$85,075 inc. premium
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An important gilt giant chronometer escapement quarter chiming carriage clock with perpetual calendar and moon phase, displaying the Equation of Time, on turntable base
signed, M. F. Dent, London, no 24128
Date: Circa 1862
Movement: Substantial rectangular plates joined by five screwed pillars, triple chain fusees, a fourth train with going barrel to drive the calendar work, platform for spring detent escapement with helical spring to bimetallic chronometer balance with cylindrical weights, striking the hour on a gong, chiming the quarters on eight bells with eight hammers, trip quarter repeat, calendar work planted between dial and front plate
Dial: Rectangular scroll engraved gilt mask, silvered roman chapter ring enclosing subsidiary seconds and signature in the engraved center, silver dials above for day and date flanking month dial with concentric equation scale enclosing moon phase aperture and leap year indication, blued Breguet hands
Case: On conforming mahogany turntable, the plain base with concave molding, beveled glass panels to the front and sides, pierced scrollwork grill with shuttered winding and setting apertures forming the back panel, faceted folding handle
Signed: Dial and movement
Size: 21 ½ in (54.5cm) high including base and handle
Date: Circa 1862
Movement: Substantial rectangular plates joined by five screwed pillars, triple chain fusees, a fourth train with going barrel to drive the calendar work, platform for spring detent escapement with helical spring to bimetallic chronometer balance with cylindrical weights, striking the hour on a gong, chiming the quarters on eight bells with eight hammers, trip quarter repeat, calendar work planted between dial and front plate
Dial: Rectangular scroll engraved gilt mask, silvered roman chapter ring enclosing subsidiary seconds and signature in the engraved center, silver dials above for day and date flanking month dial with concentric equation scale enclosing moon phase aperture and leap year indication, blued Breguet hands
Case: On conforming mahogany turntable, the plain base with concave molding, beveled glass panels to the front and sides, pierced scrollwork grill with shuttered winding and setting apertures forming the back panel, faceted folding handle
Signed: Dial and movement
Size: 21 ½ in (54.5cm) high including base and handle
Footnotes
Inscribed "To H. Custance/from/The Duke of Hamilton/Oct. 1879"
Literature:
Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert. Carriage Clocks pp 247 – 264, which is a short history of the Dent firm with a detailed discussion of the nearly identical clock, No. 25262. The present clock is one of only three similar clocks, p 254