Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon

Made:
1700 in London
Watch with mock pendulum by David Lestourgeon

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Silver pair-cased watch by David Lestourgeon, London c.1700. Plain silver inner and outer cases. Silver dial with eccentric hour ring and slot below showing a 'mock pendulum' or bob on the balance. There is a regulator dial on each side of the bob aperture, and Lestourgeon' signed below the aperture. Steel beetle hands. Engraved gilt-plate over the backplate with a central repousse bust of William III. Movement with verge escapement. Signed 'Lestourgeon London' on backplate. Clockmakers' Museum No. 112

Lestourgeon was a made a Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company in 1698.

Details

Category:
Clockmakers
Collection:
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Object Number:
L2015-3170
type:
watch and verge movement
credit:
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers