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GUEST: It belonged to my father. 
I think he bought it from a 
dealer

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somewhere in the Midlands area, 
Herefordshire. My father always 
referred to it as a chronometer.

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APPRAISER: Right.

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GUEST: The unique thing I always 
thought was the mechanism in 
there.

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APPRAISER: Right.

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GUEST: Where you've 
got a curved cone.

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APPRAISER: Right.

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GUEST: And, when you 
wind up the spring,

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as the little chain runs down 
the cone, it maintains the c, a 
constant torque...

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APPRAISER: Exactly.

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GUEST: ...on the 
actual clock mechanism.

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APPRAISER: Exactly.

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GUEST: You know, so, 
it keeps time that way.

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APPRAISER: And that's called a 
fusee. Uh, it refers to that, 
uh, conical-shaped comb. Well,

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this is a, a, an English clock 
of the highest grade. This is a 
table clock made by Dwerrihouse

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and Fletcher circa 1845. Would 
have been a very expensive item 
at the time. This gentleman, 
John

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Fletcher, clock maker, 
chronometer maker, worked from 
1832 to 1882. He worked at this 
location

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from 1845 to 1849. Before that, 
in the early 1830s, he was 
making chronometer escapements.

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And this actually has a 
chronometer escapement in it, 
which is a higher-grade 
escapement. And

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it was used for nautical 
instruments. This is certainly 
not a nautical instrument,

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but he included the escapement, 
and it's a very accurate 
timekeeper as a result.

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GUEST: So this is more 
a household... Uh...

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APPRAISER: This is what 
we call a library clock.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: Which would be in a 
household. Chronometer 
escapements is one of the

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single most difficult things to 
make, first of all, and repair.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: It is a rosewood 
case, the dial here is a 
porcelain inset, and its 
condition is fantastic.

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There's no hairlines in it; it's 
like the day it was made. And 
it's surrounded by this brass

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gilded mat. It has these 
beautiful barbed, blue steeled 
hands. Just fantastic quality,

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and the condition is first-rate. 
A beveled glass side, so you can 
see...

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: ...this beautiful 
what has, what we call knot 
pillars. And it looks like a

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big piece of jewelry. It's so 
finely made, it's fantastic. And 
then on the back here,

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it's beautifully engraved on the 
back plate with "Dwerrihouse and 
Fletcher, on 27 Davies Street,

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London." And that's also 
repeated on the dial. So he was 
obviously very proud of this 
clock.

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GUEST: (chuckles): Yeah.

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APPRAISER: And wanted the 
recognition. Very exciting piece 
for me, because I don't 
generally

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see things that are so 
well-built. Do you have any idea 
of the value?

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GUEST: I was thinking maybe $500 
to $1,000, but I don't kn, don't 
really know.

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APPRAISER: That's a little low-- 
I, it, it... If I were to put 
this in a retail showroom,

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I'd expect to see a price of 
$5,000 to $6,000 on such a great 
quality clock.

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GUEST: (whistles softly): Yeah. 
Well, that's great. (voice 
trembling):

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I think my father would be... 
...you know, very pleased.

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APPRAISER: It's great that you 
cherish it so much. Yeah. And 
it's a wonderful memory of your 
father.