14,950 CHF
Peter Garon, London No. 897, circa 1700. Fine and rare, silver pair cased, Royal presentation watch with wandering hour dial. Outer double body, the back with fluted repoussé decoration centred with a rosette. haler bassine, polished with split bezel marked "R.B.". Silver, finely engraved with the coat of arms of William III of Orange, King of England, with a champlevé Arabic minute sector on the border of a slot, pointed by Roman hour numerals in the revolving aperture and showing the quarters on the inner border. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm. Notes Note: Watches with a wandering hours dial were much in favour in England towards the end of the 17th Century. This watch is described and illustrated by Cecil Clutton on the 9th edition of Britten 's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, page 142, plate 88.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1995-10-21
