It is such a pleasure to see such fine workmanship. Each part shaped, fit and polished to such perfection. What do you think we are looking at in hours? Twenty hours in each lock? Twice that, even more?
At this time, virtually all locks were made by specialists for the Makers, very few in house. So they had economies of scale and highly specialised craftsmen. Also many of the components would have been forged near to final shape and filed up using patterns which saved time. How long? No idea but probably less than one might imagine.
