98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 154
Dent "Watchmaker to the King", 28 Cockspur Street & 4 Royal Exchange, London, Movement No. 60733, Case No. 60733, 53 mm, 148 g, circa 1861
A fine minute repeating precision pocket watch with original box
Case: 18k gold, turnable pendant, case maker's punch mark "RN" (Robert North). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, English lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
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. Dent’s clocks, his chronometers and his pocket watches have always sold for high prices, even during his lifetime.
A fine minute repeating precision pocket watch with original box
Case: 18k gold, turnable pendant, case maker's punch mark "RN" (Robert North). Dial: enamel. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, English lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
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. Dent’s clocks, his chronometers and his pocket watches have always sold for high prices, even during his lifetime.
Sold
estimated
7.800—9.000 €
Price realized
11.200 €