Watch movement by Edward East

Made:
1650 in London

Watch movement by Edward East c.1650. Movement only with no dial or hands. Verge escapement, pinned on balance cock with narrow oval table, and worm and wheel set-up regulator. Train of three wheels, with five-leaf pinions throughout. Signed ‘Eduardus East Londini’. Described in an 1849 catalogue of the Clockmakers' collection as ‘Movement only with catgut. The hour hand driven by Lanthorn Pinion on Fuzee Arbor’.

Presented to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers by Justin and Benjamin Vulliamy, 1816. Clockmakers' Museum No. 26

Details

Category:
Clockmakers
Collection:
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Object Number:
L2015-3103
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), gut and silver (alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 37 mm x 4037 mm x 15 mm,
type:
verge watch movement
credit:
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers