John Roger Arnold

A fine, heavy London half quarter repeating pocket watch

Sold

estimated

3.800—6.000 €

Price realized

7.500 €

specific features

Case

18 K pink gold, case maker's punch mark "WW", polished.

Dial

Enamel.

Movement

Full plate movement, chain/fusee, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, keywind, cylinder escapement, temperature-compensating balance spring, three-arm gold ring balance.

Diam.56 mm

Circa1815

Ctry.England

Wt.172 g

John Roger Arnold (1769-1843) was born in 1769 as the son of the famous watchmaker John Arnold. The craft of watchmaking he began in 1783, first apprenticing with his father and from 1792 on with Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was admitted to the Freedom of the Clockmakers Company in 1796 and became a Master in 1817. After the death of his father, John Roger continued the company on his own until 1830. In this year he moved to Strand 48 and started a 10-year partnership with E.J. Dent; business went well during this time and the partners had the possiblitiy to research and experiment, in particular they investigated the influence of magnetism on chronometers. When the partnership ended in 1840, Arnold continued his work until his death in 1843.