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Brockbank & Atkins

English bulkhead clock of good precision, with the main part of the case made to be recessed, now with removable keyhole hanger allowing it to be hung as is. Solid brass case with hinge above and lock and key below.

The silvered brass dial with Roman numerals for the hours, subsidiary seconds dial below XII, blued "spade" hands, signed Brockbank & Atkins, London, and numbered 12616, a small winding hole with winding square visible under the signature, adjustment for retard and advance on top of the numeral XII and visible only when door opened.

Movement of great robustness with four turned pillars between two thick plates, chain and fusee winding system, maintaining power, large platform escapement with crab-tooth escape wheel and bi-metallic cut balance wheel. Autonomy 8 days.

 

Dimensions

Diameter 9ʺ (18cm), Outer depth ¾ʺ (2cm), Total depth 5¼ʺ (13cm)

 

Brockbank & Atkins

John Brockbank & Samuel Elliot Atkins, are recorded as having their shop in Cowpers Court, London, and were partners from 1815. Their workshop as widely recognised for their production in large numbers of marine chronometers. Their sons continued in their father’s business right up to 1918.

 

Bibliography

G.H. Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, 1925; Tony Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World, 1991.

 

Price

€ 4500

 

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