157,500 CHF
Made by Thomas Mudge, signed by Richard Gregg, London No. 591, with London hallmarks for 1758.Very fine and important 22K gold pair-cased double-face watch with equation of time, annual calendar and early cylinder escapement. ouble-body outer and inner, both polished and marked "H.T.", the inner case with eccentric glazed calendar aperture. White enamel on the front with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Small subsidiary revolving silver dial for the months partly covered by the small gold chapter ring of the dates which are pointed from the small revolving enamel centre. Gilt brass dust cap with calendar apertures. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands, gold equation "poker" hand. Gilt bras full plate with turned pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, worm and wheel mainspring set-up, ruby cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, polished steel plain three-arm balance with flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage and with diamond end-stone. Equation of time with differential and cam.Signed on the dust cap and back plate.Diam. 52 mm. Notes Thomas Mudge (1715-1794)was an apprentice of George Graham and may be considered his spiritual successor. For the King of Spain, he constructed an hour-striking watch with minute-repeating and equation of time display. He was one of the first makers to produce constant-force watches. His ordinary watches with cylinder escapements are constructed along the same general Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
