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Edmund Massey. A very fine and rare early 18th Century astronomical calendar pair case pocket watch Cases Numbered 1443, Circa 1710
10 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,000 inc. premium
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Edmund Massey. A very fine and rare early 18th Century astronomical calendar pair case pocket watch
Cases Numbered 1443, Circa 1710
Gilt brass full plate movement, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm balance with spring, with pierced and engraved winged balance cock, silvered regulation, tulip pillars, engraved steel case catch under the dial plate, chased gilt brass dial with blued steel hands, applied silvered chapter rings for date, hours and age of the moon, circular aperture within age of the moon chapter for moon phase, aperture under the bow for astrological signs for corresponding day, at four o'clock an aperture for the days of the month with corresponding zodiac sign, and aperture at 8 for the four periods of the day, silver hinged cases both numbered and marked WW, movement signed
56mm.
Gilt brass full plate movement, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm balance with spring, with pierced and engraved winged balance cock, silvered regulation, tulip pillars, engraved steel case catch under the dial plate, chased gilt brass dial with blued steel hands, applied silvered chapter rings for date, hours and age of the moon, circular aperture within age of the moon chapter for moon phase, aperture under the bow for astrological signs for corresponding day, at four o'clock an aperture for the days of the month with corresponding zodiac sign, and aperture at 8 for the four periods of the day, silver hinged cases both numbered and marked WW, movement signed
56mm.
Footnotes
Edmund Massey was apprenticed in 1674 to Joseph Knibb, and was made free of the clockmaker's between 1683-1690.