17949

Pocket watch movement with dial, hands and rim cap. It has a three-quarter plate fusee movement, inscribed, 'E. J. Dent Watchmaker to the Queen / LONDON / No. 17949', with a lever escapement and compensation balance with regulator. The watch has a white enamel dial, which is signed and numbered, with Roman numerals and steel spade and poker hands. There is a sunk subsidiary seconds dial below centre (hand is missing).

Object Details

ID: ZAA0495
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Pocket watch movement
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dent, Edward John; Dent, Edward John
Date made: circa 1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection
Measurements: Overall: 42 x 41 x 10 mm