English 22k gold pair-cased verge clockwatch Circa 1703
- Kenmerk
- TA2116
- Diameter
- 56 mm
- Estimate
- € 7.500 - 14.000
- Price sold
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Gold clockwatch with London hallmarks
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A fine and rare English, 22K gold, pair-cased, double-train hour-striking clockwatch with London hallmarks, circa 1703. Outer: the bezel and band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, each with four vignettes of masks and landscapes, polished centre. Inner: polished split bezel, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and two vignettes of rural landscapes, loose ring pendant.
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Gold champlevé dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel tulip and poker hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate double-train movement with turned baluster 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 inhabited foliage. Striking train with fixed gilt brass pierced and engraved barrel with revolving arbour, striking on a bell mounted in the back of the case, strike/silence lever in the bezel. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Stretch Londino
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The case is oxidized and slightly rusted and the movement is also oxidized.
Signed: Stretch Londino






