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John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.
John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.

LOT NO 1161

STOCK NO 147500

John Watts of Canterbury - early 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock, with a flat topped hood, broad cornice, dentil moulding and blind fret beneath, baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals flanking the square hood door, trunk with recessed beaded edge and a long ogee topped door with crossbanding, plinth with applied skirting, square brass dial with matching steel hands, cast spandrels and a matted and engraved centre, date aperture, seconds ring and ring turned winding apertures, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five minute Arabic's, minute and quarter hour tracks, five pillar movement with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, sounding the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. John Watts is thought to have been apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London, moving and working in Canterbury in 1721 until his death in 1775.

Dimensions:
Height: 205cm  Length/Width: 47cm  Depth/Diameter: 23cm

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Discover a stunning piece of British horology with this early 18th-century 8-day oak longcase clock by John Watts of Canterbury. This exquisite timepiece features a flat-topped hood with a broad cornice, dentil moulding, and blind fret beneath. The hood is adorned with baluster turned pilasters with wooden capitals, flanking the square hood door.

The trunk of the clock showcases a recessed beaded edge and a long ogee-topped door with crossbanding, while the plinth boasts applied skirting. The square brass dial is a focal point, featuring matching steel hands, cast spandrels, a matted and engraved centre, a date aperture, seconds ring, and ring turned winding apertures.

The dial also includes a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, five-minute Arabics, minute, and quarter-hour tracks. The clock's five-pillar movement is equipped with a recoil anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike, beautifully sounding the hours on a bell. This exceptional timepiece comes complete with weights and a pendulum.

John Watts, a skilled clockmaker, was apprenticed in 1668 to Thomas Feilder in London. He later established his workshop in Canterbury in 1721, where he continued crafting exquisite timepieces until his passing in 1775.

Don't miss the opportunity to own a piece of history with this remarkable longcase clock by John Watts of Canterbury, available at Duggleby Auctioneers.



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