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Larcum Kendall, London. Dated 1776

Larcum Kendall, London. Dated 1776

An extremely rare and important George III gilt cased cylinder pocket watch

£70,000


Stock No.

Exhibit No.42

Case

The plain gilt-metal case with a D-pendant bow, sloped-shouldered outer hinge to the bezel with convex glass.

Dial

The very fine enamel regulator dial with Arabic numerals every 5 minutes inside the outer minute division ring and large central blued steel ‘poker’ minute hand. The Roman hour ring inset at 60 and Arabic numeral seconds within its division ring at 30 minutes, both with shaped blued steel hands, the seconds hand counter-balanced.

Movement

The gilt full plate movement, with large square baluster pillars, signed Larcum Kendall LONDON and dated 1776 above the signature (in a manner similar to K1 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, dated 1769). The finely pierced and engraved balance bridge centred by a faceted diamond endstone, with silvered regulation dial inset into the matching engraved top plate, all held with blued steel screws. The dust cover further signed Larcum Kendall, London.

Duration

30 hour

Provenance

Bonhams, 23 November 2004, lot 42, sold for £66,372;
John C Taylor collection, inventory no.136

Literature

Antiquarian Horology, September 2004, p.308, illus. advert

Dimensions

60mm

The spring barrel with the following scratch marks:
Kendall (no date)
Guthrie 1778 (possibly William Guthrie, appr. to Thomas Johnson?)
Millar 1841 (possibly John F. Millar of Broad Street, Bloomsbury?)

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Product Description

The spring barrel with the following scratch marks:
Kendall (no date)
Guthrie 1778 (possibly William Guthrie, appr. to Thomas Johnson?)
Millar 1841 (possibly John F. Millar of Broad Street, Bloomsbury?)

Additional information

Dimensions 5827373 cm