English gold, gilt metal, enamel and pearl watch Circa 1800
- Kenmerk
- SA2882
- Diameter
- 54 mm
- Estimate
- € 7.000 - 12.000
- Price sold
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Gold, gilt metal, enamel and pearl watch
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An English gold, gilt metal, enamel and pearl watch, circa 1800, gilt full plate cylinder movement, balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolls, diamond endstone.
White enamel dial, stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer gilt metal case with glazed back, inner gold case, bezels set with pearls heightened by blue enamel, back with blue translucent blue enamel over guilloché centered by a medallion with a braided lock of hair, movement signed.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Thomas Earnshaw
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Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829) was an influential watchmaker specializing in chronometers. Following the methods of his contemporary John Arnold (see lot 227 for an example from Arnold’s son, John Roger) Earnshaw developed a chronometer detent escapement mounted on springs rather than the previous method of pivoting the detent. Earnshaw’s most recognized contribution to horology, however, is the bimetallic compensation balance, seen in modern watches with regularity.
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An English gold, gilt metal, enamel and pearl watch, circa 1800, gilt full plate cylinder movement, balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolls, diamond endstone.
White enamel dial, stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer gilt metal case with glazed back, inner gold case, bezels set with pearls heightened by blue enamel, back with blue translucent blue enamel over guilloché centered by a medallion with a braided lock of hair, movement signed.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: Thomas Earnshaw
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Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829) was an influential watchmaker specializing in chronometers. Following the methods of his contemporary John Arnold (see lot 227 for an example from Arnold’s son, John Roger) Earnshaw developed a chronometer detent escapement mounted on springs rather than the previous method of pivoting the detent. Earnshaw’s most recognized contribution to horology, however, is the bimetallic compensation balance, seen in modern watches with regularity.
Signed: Thomas Earnshaw London
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