Lot 10
A very rare 19th century brass and oak travelling railroad timepiece GWR No. 950
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Amended
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,500
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A very rare 19th century brass and oak travelling railroad timepiece
GWR No. 950
The left-hand side of the case with a brass number plaque 950 and recessed campaign-style handle to allow the clock to be easily carried; the right-hand side with a large brass escutcheon to a Bramah lock (numbered 12, lock mechanism now changed) and a protected brass slider, the front door made entirely of brass with cast bezel framing the heavy bevelled glass and sight ring over a cast GWR metal plaque. The interior with a winding key holder and brass bracket numbered 1143 on the interior of the right side door.
The silvered 5.5 inch Roman dial with subsidiary Arabic seconds dial below XII, the centre engraved GWR and 950 under robust blued steel hands.
The single gut fusee movement with maintaining power, spotted plates and a jewelled vertical English lever platform escapement with a cut and compensated bimetallic balance, the front plate stamped 4. Ticking with original winding key and case key. 26.5cms (10ins) high
The left-hand side of the case with a brass number plaque 950 and recessed campaign-style handle to allow the clock to be easily carried; the right-hand side with a large brass escutcheon to a Bramah lock (numbered 12, lock mechanism now changed) and a protected brass slider, the front door made entirely of brass with cast bezel framing the heavy bevelled glass and sight ring over a cast GWR metal plaque. The interior with a winding key holder and brass bracket numbered 1143 on the interior of the right side door.
The silvered 5.5 inch Roman dial with subsidiary Arabic seconds dial below XII, the centre engraved GWR and 950 under robust blued steel hands.
The single gut fusee movement with maintaining power, spotted plates and a jewelled vertical English lever platform escapement with a cut and compensated bimetallic balance, the front plate stamped 4. Ticking with original winding key and case key. 26.5cms (10ins) high
Footnotes
This rare travelling timepiece was discovered in Norfolk, England, and family tradition has it that it belonged to the Master of the Queen's train, responsible for Royal visits to the Sandringham estate. Our research thus far has not been able to corroborate this.
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