Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

Made:
1776 in London
maker:
John Arnold
Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

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The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

Pivoted detent escapement watch by John Arnold in a silver-gilt case with monogram ‘C.M.’ surrounded by chiselled wreaths. White enamel dial with a subsidiary seconds dial and steel hands. Pivoted detent s-shaped balance and helical balance spring. Signed ‘John Arnold Invt. et Fecit No. 28’.

London, hallmarked 1776-7

This is the earliest recorded and surviving pocket watch by Arnold with his pivoted detent escapement. The s-balance is a slightly later addition, being of the type employed by Arnold from 1779-82.

Clockmakers Museum No. 419

Details

Category:
Clockmakers
Collection:
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Object Number:
L2015-3332
Materials:
silver gilt, enamel, brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass and diamond
Measurements:
overall: 75 mm x 64 mm x 33 mm, 63 mm,
type:
watch and detent
credit:
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers