WEBVTT 00:01.568 --> 00:06.239 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: It belonged to my father. I think he bought it from a dealer 00:08.908 --> 00:14.848 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% somewhere in the Midlands area, Herefordshire. My father always referred to it as a chronometer. 00:14.848 --> 00:16.649 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Right. 00:16.649 --> 00:18.752 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: The unique thing I always thought was the mechanism in there. 00:18.752 --> 00:19.719 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Right. 00:19.719 --> 00:21.287 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Where you've got a curved cone. 00:21.287 --> 00:22.455 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Right. 00:22.455 --> 00:24.190 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: And, when you wind up the spring, 00:27.260 --> 00:34.401 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% as the little chain runs down the cone, it maintains the c, a constant torque... 00:34.401 --> 00:35.201 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Exactly. 00:35.201 --> 00:36.569 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: ...on the actual clock mechanism. 00:36.569 --> 00:37.704 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Exactly. 00:37.704 --> 00:41.307 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: You know, so, it keeps time that way. 00:41.307 --> 00:46.046 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And that's called a fusee. Uh, it refers to that, uh, conical-shaped comb. Well, 00:46.046 --> 00:53.286 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% this is a, a, an English clock of the highest grade. This is a table clock made by Dwerrihouse 00:53.286 --> 01:01.294 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% and Fletcher circa 1845. Would have been a very expensive item at the time. This gentleman, John 01:01.294 --> 01:09.235 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% Fletcher, clock maker, chronometer maker, worked from 1832 to 1882. He worked at this location 01:09.235 --> 01:18.611 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% from 1845 to 1849. Before that, in the early 1830s, he was making chronometer escapements. 01:18.611 --> 01:23.650 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% And this actually has a chronometer escapement in it, which is a higher-grade escapement. And 01:23.650 --> 01:27.420 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% it was used for nautical instruments. This is certainly not a nautical instrument, 01:27.420 --> 01:31.624 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% but he included the escapement, and it's a very accurate timekeeper as a result. 01:31.624 --> 01:33.660 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: So this is more a household... Uh... 01:33.660 --> 01:35.462 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: This is what we call a library clock. 01:35.462 --> 01:36.830 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 01:36.830 --> 01:40.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Which would be in a household. Chronometer escapements is one of the 01:40.600 --> 01:44.003 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% single most difficult things to make, first of all, and repair. 01:44.003 --> 01:45.672 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:45.672 --> 01:52.512 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: It is a rosewood case, the dial here is a porcelain inset, and its condition is fantastic. 01:52.512 --> 01:57.951 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% There's no hairlines in it; it's like the day it was made. And it's surrounded by this brass 01:57.951 --> 02:04.257 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% gilded mat. It has these beautiful barbed, blue steeled hands. Just fantastic quality, 02:04.257 --> 02:08.194 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and the condition is first-rate. A beveled glass side, so you can see... 02:08.194 --> 02:09.662 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 02:09.662 --> 02:13.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...this beautiful what has, what we call knot pillars. And it looks like a 02:13.533 --> 02:19.038 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% big piece of jewelry. It's so finely made, it's fantastic. And then on the back here, 02:19.038 --> 02:26.646 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% it's beautifully engraved on the back plate with "Dwerrihouse and Fletcher, on 27 Davies Street, 02:26.646 --> 02:33.419 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% London." And that's also repeated on the dial. So he was obviously very proud of this clock. 02:33.419 --> 02:34.921 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckles): Yeah. 02:34.921 --> 02:39.025 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: And wanted the recognition. Very exciting piece for me, because I don't generally 02:39.025 --> 02:43.530 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% see things that are so well-built. Do you have any idea of the value? 02:43.530 --> 02:49.502 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I was thinking maybe $500 to $1,000, but I don't kn, don't really know. 02:49.502 --> 02:54.841 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: That's a little low-- I, it, it... If I were to put this in a retail showroom, 02:54.841 --> 03:01.214 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% I'd expect to see a price of $5,000 to $6,000 on such a great quality clock. 03:01.214 --> 03:05.885 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: (whistles softly): Yeah. Well, that's great. (voice trembling): 03:05.885 --> 03:11.824 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think my father would be... ...you know, very pleased. 03:11.824 --> 03:14.427 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: It's great that you cherish it so much. Yeah. And it's a wonderful memory of your father.