28,750 CHF
Hunt & Roskell, London, made by Sylvain Mairet (S. M.) No. 274, with London hallmarks for 1846. Exceptional 18K gold, extra-slim, independent dead centre-seconds watch with regulator dial, thermometer, special escapement and hand setting device. Double body, the engine-turned back with bayonet fixing, by Elizee Piguet (Master mark). White enamel with Roman numerals, outer seconds ring, sunk subsidiary minutes and thermometer sector. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Notes This extr emely elegant watch typical of Sylvain Mairet's production with most of his innovations, the escapement, the hand setting device, the design of the dial and the slimness. It is one of the finest examples of watches produced by Sylvain Mairet for Hunt and Roskell during his five years stay in London. It can only be compared with that illustrated and described in The Canuair 13ookt o/ Antique Watches, London 1976, pp. 224-225 and the fine pocket chronometer from the British Museum, illustr ated by G. Daniels and C. Glutton in Watches, London 1971, fig. 284 a-b. In London, Sylvain Mairet, produced high quality watches for Hunt and Roskell and became a friend of James Ferguson Cole who was much influenced by his style and technique.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
