Tho: Tompion London .57. An early giltmetal verge watch movement signed and numbered on the gilt top-plate with foliate pierced and engraved open-footed and eared cock, punch numbered on underside 1?8, (lacking set-up), pierced vase-shaped pillars, bottom plate punched .57. and with similar scratch number, later white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued beetle hand (lacking minute hand), associated gilt inner case and tortoiseshell-covered outer protecting case

细节

Tho: Tompion London .57. An early giltmetal verge watch movement signed and numbered on the gilt top-plate with foliate pierced and engraved open-footed and eared cock, punch numbered on underside 1?8, (lacking set-up), pierced vase-shaped pillars, bottom plate punched .57. and with similar scratch number, later white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with blued beetle hand (lacking minute hand), associated gilt inner case and tortoiseshell-covered outer protecting case
59mm. diam.

出版

Jeremy Evans, The numbering of Tompion's watch series and system, Antiquarian Horology, June 1984, pp. 585-597

拍品专文

This watch would appear to be one of the earliest recorded by Thomas Tompion. His numbering system for his first thousand series were coded so that the number of dots accompanying the punched number indicated the hundreds, ie. two dots for the 200 series and three dots for the 300 series etc. However upon reaching 500 the dots were replaced by a feathered cross. The nearest similarly coded watch that has so far been recorded is .86. and made circa 1682