C.E. Viner, Royal Exchange, No. 2200
The metal case with a substantial brass hanging hook and two further fixing points, set to the very top with a brass-framed glazed circular observation window. The front door with deeply bevelled glass within a heavy brass frame, set with two panels of pierced and engraved foliage centred by an urn backed in red silk. The 8-inch circular silvered dial with outer five-minutes, minute track, recessed seconds with Observatory marks and Roman hours, signed C.E. Viner, Royal Exchange, No. 2200. The weight-driven movement with circular plates united by turned pillars, numbered to the backplate, with narrow barrel, maintaining power, four-wheel train terminating in a deadbeat escapement with adjustable pallets, to a wood rod pendulum, with original small rectangular lacquered brass weight with recessed pulley to afford a longer drop. On a brass seatboard. Together with the original pendulum, weight and pulley. 53cms (20.5 ichs) high

Footnotes

Charles Edward Viner was active from 1827 to 1850, with several prominent London addresses, including No. 233 & 235 Regent Street, No. 151 New Bond Street, and No. 8 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange. Apprenticed in 1802 and made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1813, Viner gained recognition for his invention of patent warning and repeating watches, which were promoted through royal patronage. His trade cards advertised his work under the title "By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent," and he was under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. He died in 1869.

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