Joseph PENLINGTON, Liverpool. No 1401
Fine centre-seconds DETACH’D LEVER movement, circa 1830, from the Alan Treherne collection.
£65.00
Large half-plate fusee movement with balance-brake and sprung cap. Single-roller detached lever escapement, the roller with passing-flat instead of the normal passing-crescent. Gold balance, spiral balance-spring. Cream enamel dial, gold mismatched hands. 48 mm diameter, 10 mm deep, not including centre arbor.
Joseph Penlington, St George’s Crescent North, one of Liverpool’s premier watch and chronometer makers of the period.
Dial with hair cracks and chips and mismatched hands, otherwise in good original condition but does not want to continue to tick when wound. Sold as not working.
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Description
Large half-plate fusee movement with balance-brake and sprung cap. Single-roller detached lever escapement, the roller with passing-flat instead of the normal passing-crescent. Gold balance, spiral balance-spring. Cream enamel dial, gold mismatched hands. 48 mm diameter, 10 mm deep, not including centre arbor.
Joseph Penlington, St George’s Crescent North, one of Liverpool’s premier watch and chronometer makers of the period.
Dial with hair cracks and chips and mismatched hands, otherwise in good original condition but does not want to continue to tick when wound. Sold as not working.