F B ADAMS, St John’s Square, London. No 55241
Good London finished movement with Savage ‘2-pin’ lever escapement, circa 1835.
£95.00
Capped fullplate fusee movement with cap jewels on balance (diamond) and escape, the 18-size hollow-back frame with the usual Lancashire size stamps, the cap stamped HN (one of many cap makers yet to be identified). Savage 2-pin form of detached lever escapement. Steel balance, spiral balance-spring. One-piece enamel dial, blued-steel ‘moon’ hands. 46 mm diameter, 10.5 mm deep, not including centre arbor.
Francis Bryant Adams, from a well known family of watchmakers, and one time partner with George Moore. Based at the heart of Clerkenwell, London’s watchmaking centre, with a deserved reputation for his export of fine watches to America.
George Savage, Huddersfield and London, inventor (circa 1814) of what many consider the best form of detached lever escapement, in which the safety pin also receives the impulse. With finer tolerances than the normal detached lever escapements, the ‘Savage 2-pin’ as it has come to be called, was always more expensive to fit. Examples are much more uncommon than the English Massey and single-roller variants.
Dial with the usual hair crack and lacking seconds hand, otherwise complete and in good original condition. Not cleaned by me and ticking sluggishly when wound, but sold as needing at least a service and fresh oil to work correctly.
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Capped fullplate fusee movement with cap jewels on balance (diamond) and escape, the 18-size hollow-back frame with the usual Lancashire size stamps, the cap stamped HN (one of many cap makers yet to be identified). Savage 2-pin form of detached lever escapement. Steel balance, spiral balance-spring. One-piece enamel dial, blued-steel ‘moon’ hands. 46 mm diameter, 10.5 mm deep, not including centre arbor.
Francis Bryant Adams, from a well known family of watchmakers, and one time partner with George Moore. Based at the heart of Clerkenwell, London’s watchmaking centre, with a deserved reputation for his export of fine watches to America.
George Savage, Huddersfield and London, inventor (circa 1814) of what many consider the best form of detached lever escapement, in which the safety pin also receives the impulse. With finer tolerances than the normal detached lever escapements, the ‘Savage 2-pin’ as it has come to be called, was always more expensive to fit. Examples are much more uncommon than the English Massey and single-roller variants.
Dial with the usual hair crack and lacking seconds hand, otherwise complete and in good original condition. Not cleaned by me and ticking sluggishly when wound, but sold as needing at least a service and fresh oil to work correctly.
