English gold quarter repeating pair cased verge Circa 1724
- Kenmerk
- SA0544
- Diameter
- 51 mm
- Estimate
- € 12.500 - 25.000
- Price sold
- € 24.900
Gold quarter repeating pair cased verge watch
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An English yellow gold quarter repeating pair cased verge watch, circa 1724, gilt full plate movement, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, signed gilt cap.
Gold champlevé dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes, blued steel beetle and poker hands.
Inner case with pierced and engraved band, strike silent lever to the band, outer case with cartouches depicting pastoral scenes, pierced, chased and engraved decoration, dial signed, movement signed Geo. Graham, London, case maker’s mark WS
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Geo. Graham London
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George Graham (1674-1751), was one of England’s most renowned clock and watchmakers. He was an apprentice to Henry Aske in 1688 and then entered the service of Thomas Tompion as a journeyman in 1695. He married one of Tompion’s nieces and became his partner in 1704, succeeding to the business on Tompion’s death in 1713. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1721 and Master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1722. It is believed that he improved or perhaps invented the cylinder escapement. He used the verge escapement up to 1726 and then mainly the cylinder after the time. On his death in 1751, as a sign of the great respect in which he was held, Tompion’s grave in Westminster Abbey was opened to receive the body of his former partner.
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An English yellow gold quarter repeating pair cased verge watch, circa 1724, gilt full plate movement, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, signed gilt cap.
Gold champlevé dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minutes, blued steel beetle and poker hands.
Inner case with pierced and engraved band, strike silent lever to the band, outer case with cartouches depicting pastoral scenes, pierced, chased and engraved decoration, dial signed, movement signed Geo. Graham, London, case maker’s mark WS
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Signed: Geo. Graham London
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George Graham (1674-1751), was one of England’s most renowned clock and watchmakers. He was an apprentice to Henry Aske in 1688 and then entered the service of Thomas Tompion as a journeyman in 1695. He married one of Tompion’s nieces and became his partner in 1704, succeeding to the business on Tompion’s death in 1713. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1721 and Master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1722. It is believed that he improved or perhaps invented the cylinder escapement. He used the verge escapement up to 1726 and then mainly the cylinder after the time. On his death in 1751, as a sign of the great respect in which he was held, Tompion’s grave in Westminster Abbey was opened to receive the body of his former partner.
Signed: Jos Windmills London
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