7,475 CHF
Andrew Dunlop, London, circa 1710. Fine and unusual silver pair cased watch with date and subsidiary set-up aperture. Double body outer, polished. Double body inner, bassine with split bezel, marked "I.W." ( John Ward). Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, inner apertures for the dates and the regulator. Gllt brass hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm. Notes Note: In England, only a very few makers used to allow the slow/fast regulator to be set-up from the dial, Daniel Quare was the first to do so. Such watches by other makers are extremely rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1995-10-21