19,470 CHF
“Order of the Garter” C(harles) Cabrier, London, No. 1073. Made circa 1710. Fine and rare, 22K gold, pair-cased, double-train hourstriking clockwatch. Outer: two-body, the bezel and band pierced and engraved with graduated circles, the center finely decorated with a chased medallion of St. George and the Dragon with a border inscribed “Honi Soit Qvi Mal Y Pense”, square hinge. Inner: two-body, "bassine" form, polished split bezel, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and two vignettes of rural landscapes, loose ring pendant. Gold champlevé with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, the center with chased foliate signature cartouches. Blued steel "tulip and poker" hands. Hinged gilt brass, full-plate, double-train with pierced and divided vase pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance-spring. Gilt brass winged cock pierced and engraved with a mask and foliage. Striking train with fixed gilt brass pierced and engraved barrel with revolving arbor, striking on a bell mounted in the back of the case, strike/silence lever in the bezel. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 57 mm. To be sold without reserve Notes The depiction of St. George and the Dragon within the motto “Honi Soit Qvi Mal Y Pense” is the motto of the Order of the Garter, the Oldest and Highest British Order of Chivalry, founded in 1348 by Edward III. The Order consists of the monarch, who is Sovereign of the Or
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
