1. Dent, London No. 57740

Circa 1912

Sold

5 ft. (152 cm.) high

A very fine mahogany month-going wall regulator. Dial The finely engraved silvered regulator dial has delicate hands of blued steel and is signed DENT CLOCKMAKER TO THE KING 61 STRAND & 4 ROYAL EXCHANGE LONDON 57740. Movement The substantial movement has �stoned� plates with chamfered shoulders conjoined by four slightly tapering cylindrical pillars secured with blued steel screws to front and back plates. High-count train with delicate wheels having five crossings, maintaining power. The deadbeat escapement is mounted on the backplate with jewelled pallets and two-piece crutch with fine adjustment, the steel rod pendulum has a cylindrical zinc bob and steel pointer swinging against a silvered calibrated beat scale on the panelled backboard. The backplate signed is DENT (within a triangle) 61 STRAND LONDON 57740. The movement and pendulum are suspended from a solid iron block secured to the solid mahogany backboard, which has an arched top, long glazed sides and an elaborate foliate-carved mahogany mask around the dial. Sold with the original pulley, weight and winding crank key Catalogue notes If one were to compile a list of the most famous English clockmakers of the 19th century, then surely Dent would figure in the top three alongside Vulliamy and Frodsham? Edward John Dent (1790-1753) did much to influence the course of precision horology in the 19th century, he specialised in many fields including marine & pocket chronometers and table and wall regulators, all of the highest quality. The company made their very highest quality regulators for observatories around the world including Turin, Geneva and Venice, to name but a few. They constructed the world-famous clock at Westminster otherwise known as Big Ben and they also produced a small number of very high quality precision clocks for domestic use � as in the present example for sale here. This particular clock has a beautifully constructed solid mahogany case of the very highest quality, the movement has Dent�s high-quality deadbeat escapement on the backplate and it even retains the original pendulum, weight, pulley and winding key � it is the complete precision package.