English gilt metal half-quarter repeating verge Circa 1760

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Kenmerk
PA0066
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 4.000 - 8.000
Price sold
€ 8.000
Half quarter-repeater by Henry Hindley
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An English gilt metal half-quarter repeating pocket watch in gilt and shagreen pair cases, circa 1760. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced and engraved masked cock, garnet endstone in a blue steel setting, silver regulator disc, fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates, plain three-arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant first hours than half-quarter repeating on a bell in the case. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Pierced and engrave silver-gilt inner case, gilt push pendant and bow. Shagreen-covered gilt metal outer case pierced with rows of holes finished with gilt rings.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Heny Hindley York
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Henry Hindley, 1701 – 1771, invented a wheel-cutting engine.

Signed: Heny Hindley York

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