Andrew Dickie

Andrew Dickie, London, No. 814, with London hallmarks for 1751-52. Extremely rare and very fine 22K gold pair-cased clockwatch striking hours and quarters with independent quarter-repeating, à tact option, and alarm. Outer: two-body, bezels pierced and engraved with foliage. Inner: two-body, “bassine”, back engraved with cornucopia, band pierced and engraved band in a floral pattern, mask at 6. Off-white enamel, radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, center with revolving enamel alarm disc with radial Arabic numerals, aperture between IIII and V for setting the alarm. Blued steel “beetle and poker” hands. 38 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, balance jeweled with diamond endstone, single-footed cock, Stogden type repeating system, striking, repeating and alarm each with two hammers, single bell, repeating by depressing the pendant, à tact option by lever at 3, gilt brass dust cap.Movement and dust cap signed.Diam. 57 mm. Notes It is no mean feat to place four trains in such a small watch. This very complicated watch bears testimony to the watchmaker’s talent as well as to the capabilities of the British at the time, who enjoyed an international reputation as the world’s finest watchmakers. This watch utilizes not only four independent trains but is also finished to the highest standards of the time. T