A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS EIGHT-DAY CHRONOMETER CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE

DENT, LONDON, NO. 12107

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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS EIGHT-DAY CHRONOMETER CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
DENT, LONDON, NO. 12107
CASE: the flared top with foliate clasped angular square section handle to recess, the bevelled glass panels with brass shuttered hand setting and winding apertures to rear DIAL: the white enamel dial within a pierced and engraved mask, with Roman hours and Arabic quarter minutes, subsidiary seconds dial intersecting at 'XII', moon hands and signed 'DENT LONDON' MOVEMENT: the chain fusee movement with Earnshaw-type chronometer escapement, Dent's staple balance and blued-steel helical spring, further signed and numbered to the backplate 'Dent LONDON 12107'; with later winding key
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 5½ in. (14 cm.) wide; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) deep

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Edward John Dent (1790-1853) patented his 'staple' balance in 1842, soon after setting up on his own at 82 Strand.
A comparable staple-balance chronometer timepiece, No. 702, sold Christie's, London, 20 February 2008, lot 80 (£14,900), another, No. 12383 sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 2006, lot 21 (£13,800).

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Hans Staeger 100 Years of Precision Timekeepers, from John Arnold to Arnold & Frodsham 1763-1862, Stuttgart, 1997, No.702 catalogued and illustrated pp. 697-700.
Charles Allix and Peter Bonnert Carriage Clocks, Their History and Development, Woodbridge, 1974, p. 255, No. 693 illustrated pls.IX/21.
Vaudrey Mercer Edward John Dent and his Successors, Ramsgate, 1977, pp. 150-185
Derek Roberts Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Pennsylvania, 1993, No. 12354 illustrated Fig. 21-5 a + b, p. 305.