25,300 HKD
M. I. Tobias & Co., Liverpool, No. 3707, with Chester hallmarks for 1816. Fine 18 ct. gold hunting cased watch with an early Massey lever escapement. Four body marked "T.H/J.H" with integral dome engraved with the naines of four generations from 1819 to 1917, the band, pendant and bow with cast shellfish decoration, cover and back engine-turned (rubbed). Matt gold with raised Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, the centre with multi-coloured cast gold floral decoration, the border with further decoration. Blued steel "serpent" hands. Notes The inscription "Patent" and "Detach'd" on the balance cock, refers to the invention of the detached form of lever escapement patented by Edward Massey in 1815. This is e good exemple of e watch fitted with en early form of Ulis escapement winch peved the way for the development of the single-relie lever escapement
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-06-03