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An exceptional and very rare…
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Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
An exceptional and very rare gold clock-watch, no. 112, maker Daniel Delander English Circa 1705 5 cm diameter, 6 cm high, 6 cm case diameter. An exceptional and very rare gold clock-watch, no. 112, maker Daniel Delander. English Circa 1705. This watch is illustrated in colour plate 6 in Antique Watches where it is described as a "gold. repousse, pair cased clock-watch" (number 112) [with] a verge escapement, an unusual solid cock table with early diamond endstone and a gold champleve dial of the highest quality. Note the finely engraved dust ring. (58 mm. diam.) Delander was a journeyman of Thomas Tompion's and this watch certainly bears his influence'. The date is given as circa 1710. Ullyet at page 60 says: "Some collectors believe that good horology doesn't need a fine case, but of course if you are. lucky . you may indeed find many watches which have top-quality movements in elaborate. top-quality cases. "An example, from the case-lover's point of view. is the Daniel Delander No.112, c. 1705. discovered by Michael Denton. This is an hour-striking clock-watch (with bell), and the gold. pair case is a shallow, delicate example of outer- case repousse, depicting Susanna and the. Elders. The borders have fine piercing, embossed scrolling, foliage, and dolphins set at intervals, and with the early square hinge. The inner case has borders with piercing and engraving, foliage, scrolls, with birds and squirrels, and a mask. There is a flower design in. the centre, and the case has the early short pendant and loose ring. These in addition to. case-hinge style and the sequence of Delander's numbering, help to date the watch. The dial. is champleve matt gold, the chapter rings with Roman and Arabic numerals for hours and. minutes, a central disc repousse with scrolls and a mask, and is signed "Delander, London". Among the points of interest in the movement are the Egyptian pillars, and the verge. escapement with an interesting early functional jewel to the balance. The balance is of steel. curiously made with two arms on one side, counter-balanced by a heavy short arm on the. other side to allow clearance for the winding square of the going train, which protrudes. through the cock.". The back of the outer case bears a repousse scene depicting Susanna and the Elders. There are winding holes in the back of the inner case for going and striking trains, the latter. striking the hour on a steel bell housed inside the inner case, and there is a lever projecting from under the dial at 2 o'clock for strike-silent. Xx This watch was offered to Norman in 1971 for 3,000 pounds by Terence Camerer Cuss but. at the time it was not convenient for him to purchase it. In a letter from Terence to Norman dated 1/7/1973 Terence states "the inner case is not hall-marked, which is not unusual at this date, but the case-maker's stamp is "W.I." (a case-maker Tompion used: we had a little while ago a quarter-repeater numbered 58 with the same mark)", and further "my own Tompion has a similar ring and indeed the quality of the movement is of the same high standard with fully finished pinions and very fine wheel work." Again in part: "This is all in all a very splendid watch and I can honestly say it is absolutely perfect.'. The inner case of the Daniel Delander gold pair-cased watch No. 127 also bears the. casemaker's mark "W.1.". Daniel Delander was apprenticed to Chas Halsted in 1692, free of the Clockmakers Company. in 1699 and died in 1733. Provenance: Purchased by Norman Dean from Camerer Cuss & co in October 1973 for 6,300 pounds. Dimensions: 5 cm diameter, 6 cm high, 6 cm case diameter
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Zother