PRESENTED AS A WHITE METAL CASED Large POCKET WATCH c1878 (S...

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PRESENTED AS A WHITE METAL CASED Large POCKET WATCH c1878 (Setter To Left Hand Side Of Crown) ( By John-Walker-Clockmaker-Extraordinaire Of 230 Regent St,London c1878. (Found To Be Running When Photographed)
(​John Walker was the son of James, a deceased gardener of Shoreditch, London. He was apprenticed to Charles Thompson on 6th June 1734 but not freed in the BC until 1749 and bound his first apprentice in 1751. The competition for a clockmaker in London must have been very strong at that time because John chose to move to Newcastle about 1752 -53. He was definitely in the town by 1754 when he advertised his presence in the Newcastle Journal from 15th June 1754 as follows :-
“John Walker, clock and watch maker from London at the Crown and Dial in the Close, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Makes, Mends and Sells, all sorts of Clocks and watches at reasonable rates; viz Chime Clocks with either Weights or Springs, keeping such regular time that no defect can be observed by the most Curious; Likewise Spring or Weight Quarter Clocks to strike the Hours and Quarters going upon 9 or 13 bells, with changes (and when pull’d) will repeat the last Hour and Quarters even to a second of time, if required. Also repeating Spring Clocks to strike the Hours at the due Time and their Hours and Quarters upon 7,9 or 13 bells (when pull’d). Also Silent Spring Clocks (only when pull’d) will strike the Hour and repeat, with the Cylinder Motion. Also makes and sells Weight 8 day Clocks to repeat the Hour, with the Sun’s Motion and the Increase and Decrease of days, with the Moon’s motion, and Time of High Water and the perpetual Month; Makes Regulators for Clock and Watchmakers with the Compound Pendulum; with several other mechanical Motions, performed in the newest methods not here mentioned.)