GEORGE MARGETTS, NO. 134, CIRCA 1800

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A Regency gilt -brass twelve month duration mantel timekeeper
George Margetts, No. 134, circa 1800
The white enamel dial signed Margetts. TWELVE MONTHS TIMEKEEPER 134, Roman hour numerals outer minutes chapter with Arabic five minute intermarkers 60-5-10 et seque, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI), blued steel hands, circular brass frame with four grey satin finish screwed steel balustrade pillars, mounted therein the exceptionally large barrel and fusee of twenty-four turns with Harrison's maintaining power and external winding assembly (at III) together with off-set second wheel, the remainder of the train through to the lever escapement (modern replacement) mounted between the dial-plate and the pillar plate, in brass drum case with bayonet fitting bezel and side winding assembly (at III) beneath brass coach handle and above cast hollow brass base with lion mask and foliate decoration on paw feet
310 mm. high

Lot Essay

The movement is now fitted with a modern lever platform escapement. The train comprises seven wheels starting with the fusee great wheel through to the escape wheel pinion of the modern platform escapement. There are indications that this was originally fitted with a form of sub-frame assembly possibly having a detent escapement. As is to be expected with a twelve month duration timekeeper the barrel is exceptionally large and contains an extremely strong mainspring. The fusee is very high to accommodate the twenty four turns in its groove.

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