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SIGNED E.J. DENT, WATCHMAKER TO THE QUEEN, LONDON, NO. 12694, 1840S
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Dent. An 18 carat gold keyless quarter repeating openface pocketwatch
Signed E.J. Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, London, no. 12694, 1840s
The frosted gilt three-quarter movement with Nicole Nielsen winding, bimetallic balance, blued steel hairspring with adjustable outer stud, ruby endstone, English lever escapement, screwed chatons, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds at X, blued steel spade hands, in engine-turned openface case with milled band, the snap on back with casemaker's mark AN for Adolphe Nicole, (Nicole Nielsen & Co.),, 80 Dean Street, Soho, case, dial and movement numbered, dial and movement signed
49 mm. diam.
London 1847
Signed E.J. Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, London, no. 12694, 1840s
The frosted gilt three-quarter movement with Nicole Nielsen winding, bimetallic balance, blued steel hairspring with adjustable outer stud, ruby endstone, English lever escapement, screwed chatons, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds at X, blued steel spade hands, in engine-turned openface case with milled band, the snap on back with casemaker's mark AN for Adolphe Nicole, (Nicole Nielsen & Co.),, 80 Dean Street, Soho, case, dial and movement numbered, dial and movement signed
49 mm. diam.
London 1847
Literature
Hans Staeger, 100 Years of Precision Timekeepers from John Arnold to Arnold & Frodsham 1763-1862, 1997, pp. 614 and 615