Dent

An extraordinary precision pocket watch with chronograph and central minute counter, regulator dial and spring detent escapement, so called "cut hunter"

Sold

estimated

8.500—11.000 €

Price realized

6.100 €

specific features

Case

18 K pink gold, polished, case maker's punch mark "AN" (Alexis Nicole of Nicole & Norbier, entered 1 May 1865).

Dial

Enamel, eccentric hour chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds, central 60 minutes counter, centre minutes, centre seconds, blued steel hands.

Movement

4/5 plate movement, ébauche: Nicole Nielsen, spring detent escapement, gold screw compensation balance, blued freesprung balance spring, early seesaw winding mechanism.

Case no.24844

Diam.52 mm

Circa1865

Ctry.England

Wt.120 g

John Edward Dent was born in 1790 and started his career as a candle-maker before he turned to watch- and clockmaking. Dent is considered one of the leading watch- and clockmakers of his time who produced pocket watches, large clocks, chronometers and regulators. He worked for the Vulliamys and the Barrauds from 1815 until 1829, and became the partner of John Roger Arnold in 1830. The partnership ended in 1840 and Dent opened his own workshop in London. John Edward Dent's clocks, chronometers and pocket watches were much sought after even then and he also built the famous clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.