Lot 12
Henricus Jones. A rare late 17th century verge clock watch movement Circa 1685
10 December 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,000 inc. premium
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Henricus Jones. A rare late 17th century verge clock watch movement
Circa 1685
Signed full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock and large foot, silvered regulation and count wheel, engraved barrel, two winding squares, rounded waisted pillars, dial plate stamped RW (AF)
Signed full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock and large foot, silvered regulation and count wheel, engraved barrel, two winding squares, rounded waisted pillars, dial plate stamped RW (AF)
Footnotes
Henry (Henricus) Jones was apprenticed in London in 1654 to Benjamin Hill in Fleet Street. Jones later joined a second master, the celebrated Edward East, and was made free of the Clockmakers' Company in July 1663. He worked at Inner Temple Lane, London and in 1676 was made assistant in the Clockmakers' Company, Warden between 1687 and 1690 and eventually Master in 1691.
It is unclear who RW is, but this is possibly only the 5th recorded example. The others include a watch by J. Windmills and John Harris, of the Old Baily London, held in the British Museum. The Harris example remains its original case by Nathaniel Delander and the Windmills is in original case marked CW - probably Cuthbert Weaver, George Nau's apprentice.
There are two further examples recorded that are signed Nathaniel Barrow London, and one of these has its original case marked II, probably by Jonathan Jones (Nathaniel Delander's apprentice), hallmark 1692.
We are grateful to Jeremy Evans for the research and footnote on this watch.
