Jno BLURTON, Stourbridge. No 1899
A good and interesting Coventry ‘PATENT’ watch with early single-roller escapement.
£495.00
Silver plain finished case hallmarked 1819, case makers WB/JH (William Brown and John Hands, Coventry). Capped fullplate fusee movement, both cap and cock foot bearing a ‘D’ stamp. Single-roller detached lever escapement, the roller with a safety crescent that is rather more convex than concave. Steel balance, spiral balance-spring. Lovely off-white one-piece enamel dial in perfect condition, later hands. 53 mm diameter.
John Blurton, watchmaker, recorded by Loomes as working in Stourbridge between 1818-1851.
I first saw this watch many years ago and thought then that it was an unusual but interesting conversion from a Massey to a single-roller escapement. Nothing has changed my mind, but just when the conversion was done is another question – by which I mean was is done later (not much later) or at the time of finishing. The escapement also has draw.
NB: Just who was the first escapement maker to devise the single-roller layout, no doubt done to avoid infringing Massey’s patent, has yet to be established.
In generally very good but not mint condition, noting what I believe are to be replaced hands. Not serviced by me, and probably not for a long time, but ticking when wound.
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Description
Silver plain finished case hallmarked 1819, case makers WB/JH (William Brown and John Hands, Coventry). Capped fullplate fusee movement, both cap and cock foot bearing a ‘D’ stamp. Single-roller detached lever escapement, the roller with a safety crescent that is rather more convex than concave. Steel balance, spiral balance-spring. Lovely off-white one-piece enamel dial in perfect condition, later hands. 53 mm diameter.
John Blurton, watchmaker, recorded by Loomes as working in Stourbridge between 1818-1851.
I first saw this watch many years ago and thought then that it was an unusual but interesting conversion from a Massey to a single-roller escapement. Nothing has changed my mind, but just when the conversion was done is another question – by which I mean was is done later (not much later) or at the time of finishing. The escapement also has draw.
NB: Just who was the first escapement maker to devise the single-roller layout, no doubt done to avoid infringing Massey’s patent, has yet to be established.
In generally very good but not mint condition, noting what I believe are to be replaced hands. Not serviced by me, and probably not for a long time, but ticking when wound.