A rare pocket watch movement mechanism made by famous 18th century London watch and clock maker Thomas Mudge is expected to attract interest when it comes up for auction in Shropshire next week.
Halls Fine Art’s watches specialist Alexander Clement says the outer gold case of the watch was donated to support Britain’s Second World War effort in 1941, but the movement itself could change hands for a lot of money.
Mudge was a pioneer watch and clock maker who was apprenticed to George Graham, himself an apprentice of Thomas Tompion, known as the ‘father of English clock making'. “Watches with detached lever movements can all trace their ancestry back to Thomas Mudge,” said Alexander. “The watch we have in our auction on June 12 was made in around 1765 and has a beautifully enamelled dial and a lovely pierced and engraved back movement.
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