101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 350
Dent "Maker to the Queen", 61 Strand & 34 Royal Exchange, London, Movement No. 33204, Case No. 33204, 39 mm, 66 g, circa 1866
A lady's half hunting case pocket watch with half quarter repeater, elaborately studded with diamonds
Case: 18k gold, both sides set with old-cut diamonds, case maker's punch mark "AN" (Alexis Nicole of Nicole & Norbier, entered 1 May 1865). Dial: enamel, auxiliary seconds at ''11''. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement according to Nicole Nielsen, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance, early seesaw winding mechanism.
John Edward Dent was born in 1790 and started his career as a candle-maker before he turned to watch- and clockmaking. Dent is considered one of the leading watch- and clockmakers of his time who produced pocket watches, large clocks, chronometers and regulators. He worked for the Vulliamys and the Barrauds from 1815 until 1829, and became the partner of John Roger Arnold in 1830. The partnership ended in 1840 and Dent opened his own workshop in London. John Edward Dent's clocks, chronometers and pocket watches were much sought after even then and he also built the famous clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. Dent’s clocks, his chronometers and his pocket watches have always sold for high prices, even during his lifetime.
A lady's half hunting case pocket watch with half quarter repeater, elaborately studded with diamonds
Case: 18k gold, both sides set with old-cut diamonds, case maker's punch mark "AN" (Alexis Nicole of Nicole & Norbier, entered 1 May 1865). Dial: enamel, auxiliary seconds at ''11''. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement according to Nicole Nielsen, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance, early seesaw winding mechanism.
John Edward Dent was born in 1790 and started his career as a candle-maker before he turned to watch- and clockmaking. Dent is considered one of the leading watch- and clockmakers of his time who produced pocket watches, large clocks, chronometers and regulators. He worked for the Vulliamys and the Barrauds from 1815 until 1829, and became the partner of John Roger Arnold in 1830. The partnership ended in 1840 and Dent opened his own workshop in London. John Edward Dent's clocks, chronometers and pocket watches were much sought after even then and he also built the famous clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. Dent’s clocks, his chronometers and his pocket watches have always sold for high prices, even during his lifetime.
Sold
estimated
3.500—6.000 €
Price realized
6.900 €