Maker: Delander, Daniel
Good example of a watch with an early cylinder movement, quarter repeating, in plain silver case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Delander LONDON 307'. Balance cock with pierced table with rudimentary ears, engraved foot, polished steel end piece and ruby end stone (replacements). Polished steel balance. Engraved slide plate, silver regulating dial, with radial Arabic figures 5 to 30. Plain tulip shaped fusee iron post. Case bolt missing. Potance, with short foot, screwed to plate. Plain repeating barrel screwed to plate. Pillar plate with five turned pillars having fin, towards the pillar plate, and tapered ends, centre, third and fourth wheel in recesses. Fusee and chain, tangent set-up under barrel, barrel with one lip, all wheels solid except brass cylinder wheel. Steel cylinder. Repeating hammers in line having arbours each side of rep. barrel. Runners with depthing pinion. Train planted clockwise. Runners planted anti-clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Scratched on plate side 'Devy' crossed through, 'John Clerk nu cy', and 'fleitt'? Pulse piece missing.
DIAL: Silver, three feet removed. Dot minute ring with larger outer 5 minute dots narrow ring radial lines, applied gold radial Roman chapters on engine turned, wavy lines, centre. Winding hole at 12 o'clock. Originally it was wound from the back, as can be seen by the bell, which is pierced for the key. Scratched on back 'ddl'
HANDS: Blued steel spade and poker.
REPEATING MECHANISM: Stogden type work with toothed repeating rack, hour snail on pivoted all-or-nothing lever (all-or-nothing star and pulse piece missing). Repeats hours and "ting-tang" quarters.
CAP: Table engraved 'Delander London 307', broad steel catch. Regulation hole with indicator.
BELL: Straight side with winding hole, scratched on back 'Jackson Plymouth', maker (?) 'Higgens London, (Rosevear Bristol)' and 'farquhaer'. Scatched on inside '926/69', '942/50', '7429/30', 875/64' and 'g669/LXII.'
CASE: Silver gilt, plain with single back, no winding hole. Back with London HM 1747, maker's mark incuse 'JW' script under six pointed star. Inside, the electro gold plate (?) is coming off. Broken case bolt spring.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Circa
1720
CE
-
1747
CE
Movement
composed of
iron
Case
composed of
silver-gilt
Diameter 47 mm
Height 58.25 mm
Thickness 27.5 mm
Movement, Dial
composed of
silver
Movement, Hands
composed of
steel
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 29.5 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 31.75 mm
Bell
Diameter 36 mm
Height 11.25 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 37 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 5.5 mm
Hands
Accession number: PW.45-1923
Primary reference Number: 207314
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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