Oval puritan-style watch with outer box by Edward East, London c. 1630. Plain silver case with a round crystal in the front cover, secured by a ring on the inside of the cover. Plain silver outer box with clasp. Plain silver dial with engraved chapter ring. Steel hand with a long tail. Movement with verge escapement, fusee and gut-line, and a train of three wheels. Pinned-on balance cock and ratchet set-up regulator. Signed on the backplate 'Eduardus East Londini'. Clockmakers' Museum No. 22
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3099
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers