Gold watch with chronometer escapement by Edward Ellicott and James Taylor, London, 1815. Gold engine turned case with attached chain and winding key. Case hallmarked for 1815 and stamped with casemakers mark, WM. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds dial. Gold spade hands and blued steel seconds hand. Signed 'Ellicott and Taylor'.

Movement with spring detent escapement, helical spring, and compensation balance. Jewelled pivot holes with diamond endstone. Signed on the backplate ‘Ellicott & Taylor, London 9462’.

Sir David Salomons owned an extensive collection of watches, including many notable pieces by the French horologist Abraham Louis Breguet. He presented a total of 8 watches from his collection, including this one, to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1924.

Edward Ellicott became a Freeman of the Clockmakers ' Company in 1785, becoming its Master in 1835, the year in which he also died. He went into partnership with James Taylor c.1805. Taylor was a maker of lever escapement watches combining a number of unusual features. Clockmakers' Museum No. 443