HALEY, London. M/sch
Beautiful Savage 2-pin lever watch by this most interesting maker.
£4,995.00
Gold engine-turned double back case with lovely signed dome, hallmarked 1823, casemaker WM (possibly William Melville, Clerkenwell). Unique(?) and very early half-plate fusee movement with unusual barrel/name-bar. Detached lever escapement of Savage 2-pin form. Gold balance, spiral balance-spring. Engine-turned gold dial with unusual blued-steel hands that I believe are original. 51 mm diameter and weighing just over 110 grams gross. Together with its lovely 2-piece velvet lined mahogany box of the best quality construction and choice of materials.
Charles Haley, Wigmore St, Cavendish Square, famous London watchmaker, inventor of a constant-force escapement, and known to have produced many fine watches with various escapements. What is not known, however, is the meaning of the code he used on some of his watches.
George Savage invented but did not Patent his improved detached lever escapement around 1814. Working within narrower tolerances than the normal lever escapements its use was never great within the watchmaking fraternity, even though examples can be found dating up to and post 1850. Its theoretical advantages make it perhaps the best detached escapement for general pocket wear, this being a particularly fine example. NB: The use of draw by Savage pre-dates Massey and points to him already having a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the detached lever escapement by 1814.
A watch I first saw in 1990 and which I still find amongst the best and most interesting Savage lever watches I have handled. In lovely original condition, not mint, but certainly well looked after with only minor signs of use. So original is it that I have photographed it prior to any servicing, but I am happy to do so for its new owner if wanted, at no extra cost of course.
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Gold engine-turned double back case with lovely signed dome, hallmarked 1823, casemaker WM (possibly William Melville, Clerkenwell). Unique(?) and very early half-plate fusee movement with unusual barrel/name-bar. Detached lever escapement of Savage 2-pin form. Gold balance, spiral balance-spring. Engine-turned gold dial with unusual blued-steel hands that I believe are original. 51 mm diameter and weighing just over 110 grams gross. Together with its lovely 2-piece velvet lined mahogany box of the best quality construction and choice of materials.
Charles Haley, Wigmore St, Cavendish Square, famous London watchmaker, inventor of a constant-force escapement, and known to have produced many fine watches with various escapements. What is not known, however, is the meaning of the code he used on some of his watches.
George Savage invented but did not Patent his improved detached lever escapement around 1814. Working within narrower tolerances than the normal lever escapements its use was never great within the watchmaking fraternity, even though examples can be found dating up to and post 1850. Its theoretical advantages make it perhaps the best detached escapement for general pocket wear, this being a particularly fine example. NB: The use of draw by Savage pre-dates Massey and points to him already having a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the detached lever escapement by 1814.
A watch I first saw in 1990 and which I still find amongst the best and most interesting Savage lever watches I have handled. In lovely original condition, not mint, but certainly well looked after with only minor signs of use. So original is it that I have photographed it prior to any servicing, but I am happy to do so for its new owner if wanted, at no extra cost of course.