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Lot Essay
Accompanied by the Copy of a Class A Kew Certificate confirming that the present watch was submitted to a Class A Test from 17 May to 30 June 1927 and obtained the relevant certificate on 30 June 1927 with a total of 86.7 marks. Furthermore delivered with a two-tier mahogany box.
The firm E. Dent & Co. was originally founded by the English watchmaker Edward John Dent (1790 - 1853), renowned for his high quality pocket and marine chronometers, regulators as well as large clocks he made for the Royal Exchange and Westminster (Big Ben). He worked in the workshops of Vulliamy and Paul Philippe Barraud. In 1830 he went into partnership with the famous John Roger Arnold. When the partnership of "Arnold & Dent" expired in 1840, he established himself at 82 Strand (later moving to 61) and also took workshops at 33 Cockspur St. and inside the Royal Exchange.
After Edward John's death, the businesses were taken over by his stepsons Frederick and Richard, followed by their successors. The company's name was consequently changed to E. Dent & Co.
The present lot is one of the few tourbillon watches made by the renowned firm to appear at auction and also one of the latest high quality English tourbillon watch known to date. It was submitted twice for trial to the Kew Royal Observatory, in 1925 when it was tested from 16 May to 30 June and awarded 82.8 marks and from 17 May to 30 June 1927, awarded 86.7 marks.
Reinhard Meis Das Tourbillon lists seven tourbillons by E. Dent & Co., London, tested at the Kew Observatory and made between 1908 and circa 1920 (p. 344). The last example, number 61870, circa 1920, is described and illustrated on page 231.
The firm E. Dent & Co. was originally founded by the English watchmaker Edward John Dent (1790 - 1853), renowned for his high quality pocket and marine chronometers, regulators as well as large clocks he made for the Royal Exchange and Westminster (Big Ben). He worked in the workshops of Vulliamy and Paul Philippe Barraud. In 1830 he went into partnership with the famous John Roger Arnold. When the partnership of "Arnold & Dent" expired in 1840, he established himself at 82 Strand (later moving to 61) and also took workshops at 33 Cockspur St. and inside the Royal Exchange.
After Edward John's death, the businesses were taken over by his stepsons Frederick and Richard, followed by their successors. The company's name was consequently changed to E. Dent & Co.
The present lot is one of the few tourbillon watches made by the renowned firm to appear at auction and also one of the latest high quality English tourbillon watch known to date. It was submitted twice for trial to the Kew Royal Observatory, in 1925 when it was tested from 16 May to 30 June and awarded 82.8 marks and from 17 May to 30 June 1927, awarded 86.7 marks.
Reinhard Meis Das Tourbillon lists seven tourbillons by E. Dent & Co., London, tested at the Kew Observatory and made between 1908 and circa 1920 (p. 344). The last example, number 61870, circa 1920, is described and illustrated on page 231.