57,500 HKD
Wise, London, circa 1700. Very fine tortoiseshell-covered gilt-metal watch. Two-body, back and bezel covered with tortoiseshell and decoratedwith studs, brass shutter for the winding aperture. Gold, champlev? radial Roman numerals, outer minute ringwith five-minute Arabic markers on polished oval cartouches,center chased with a shield and an angel?s head. Blued steel?beetle and poker? hands. 42 mm, gilt full-plate withEgyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steelbalance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock withsmall streamers, pierced and engraved with symmetricalstylized foliage, mask in the neck, rack and pinion regulator withsilver plate.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 56 mm. Notes The present lot was sold on November 2001 by Antiquorum Geneva lot 267.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
