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Thomas Mudge a fine gold pair cased quarter repeating watch…
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Melbourne
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7-Jun-2021
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Thomas Mudge a fine gold pair cased quarter repeating watch circa 1770, dial: white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold beetle and poker hands, movement: gilt fusee cylinder escapement, pierced and foliate engraved masked balance cock, diamond endstone, repeating on a bell, gilt metal dust cap, movement number: 714, case: gold circular with floral pireced and engraved band, grotesque mask engraved to the base, the centre of the back with engraved flower, dimensions: 43 mm diameter, signed: movement signed Tho. Mudge, London, no. 714, gilt metal dust cover signed Tho. Mudge, W. Dutton, London, accessories: watch key, shagreen case, Thomas Mudge (1715 - 14 November 1794) was one of England's most celebrated horologists and was apprencticed to highly influential horologist and inventor George Graham. Mudge began his own clock making establishment in 1751 and went on to invent the lever escapement - the mechanism that controls the transfer of energy from the power source to the counting mechanism and is what makes the 'Ticking' sound in mechanical watches and clocks. Thomas Mudge is renowned for his skills as a chronometer maker and in 1776 Mudge was appointed watchmaker to King George III.
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