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A rare wandering hour pocket…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A rare wandering hour pocket watch, no. 225, maker Abraham Fromanteel English circa 1700 4.3 cm dial diameter, 6 cm high, 5.5 cm case diameter. A rare wandering hour pocket watch, no. 225, maker Abraham Fromanteel. English circa 1700. Outer case covered with skin decorated with silver rosette pinwork. The silver dial shows the current hour in Roman figures within a circular aperture which travels across the upper part of the dial within a blued steel semicircle indicating the minutes above and the quarters below. "As it disappears below the horizon" the next hour appears. The scene depicted in the lower part of the dial shows Cronos drawing Apollo's Chariot across the sky. The balance cock has a semi-circular segment cut away to reveal a mock pendulum, a fashion which was more common for clocks, but does not in any way do anything to enhance the going of the watch. Note that by this stage the cock foot has become very broad and the table round, has a decorated rim and wings and the semi-circular foot has extended to follow the circumference of the backplate. Provenance: A fine and rare pocket watch by a member of a famous family of makers. Abraham was the third son of and apprenticed to his father, Ahasuerus Fromanteel, who produced the first Pendulum Clock in London. Abraham Fromanteel was born in 1646, apprenticed to his father in 1662 and was elected to the freedom of the Clockmakers Company in 1680. Dimensions: 4.3 cm dial diameter, 6 cm high, 5.5 cm case diameter
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob