Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Illustrations left and below are of a rare late sixteenth-century Gothic-style iron clock, of early German or Italian origin. Finely-engraved front plate, in mediaeval Italian style, carries a coat of arms, so far unidentified. Eyes in the french black square clock mask at the antique movado pocket watch gold top rock [...]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
ANTIQUE SKELETON, LANTERN AND ELECTRIC CLOCKS
A pair of gilt novelty Turret Clock Hands, the counterweights mounted with watch movements each with setting scale and with centre pivot
A two-day Marine Chronometer by Thomas Mercer, No., with spotted movement, palladian sprung and Earnshaw spring detent escapement, in a brass box with gimbal and in a two-tier oak [...]
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