The photographs of watches in the book appear life-size, as you can see when I place my movement beside the one of this 1814 watch. One of the watches featured is a “silver verge watch” dated 1814. Several clocks and four watches by Banister are featured in photographs in the book. I more recently purchased a copy of Bernard Mason’s labour-of-love book entitled “Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester”, which features a chapter devoted to Banister, who also appears in other sections of the book. He was partnered with another famous clock and watchmaker of the area, Nathaniel Hedge, and bought out Hedge’s house, shop and stock-in-trade when he retired in 1818.
This was made by Joseph Banister, a clock and watchmaker from Colchester Sussex, who was very well known in the area. “As some of you saw from a couple of other posts I made here, a little while ago I acquired a pair of running verge fusée movements, one of which is signed “Banister Colchester”.
Notes on Joseph Bannister, Colchester from a post on the NAWCC Forum, dated Dec 2017 : The Pictures and Text form the complete offering in all my listings and are subject to Copyright. Other Worldwide destinations are by Fedex at a cost of €85 to €115, depending on destination. The S&H is by Registered and signed for Priority Airmail at a cost of €20 to the UK and near European Countries. It is being sold as described and in the condition as shown in the pics and comes to you directly from a large Irish Watch Collection, which was assembled over the past 40-50 years – (Ref :ACC221). It has Roman Numerals, a Glass Crystal and Blue Steel Fleur de Lix Hands. The 46mm White Enamel Dial is in good condition, but has a small chip above 12.00. The Movement is a fusee Lever with Duplex escapement, is in very good cosmetic and working condition, bears sn7264 and is signed as shown in the pics. J ?, the Silver Standard Mark, a London Town mark, with year date for 1818c.The 55mm Silver Case bears an unclear makers mark I I He died in 1875 at the age of 96 – see footnote. He also invented and patented an “improved dead-beat escapement assembly” in 1836.
It was made by Joseph Banister of Colchester in Sussex, who is listed by G H Baillie as in Colchester from 1790 to 1836 – was a partner with Hedge and patented a crutch for clocks. Here we offer an English Pocket Watch with a rare Duplex Movement, which is in excellent condition, is in good working order and has Arnold style Trapezoidal weights on the balance wheel.
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