16,100 CHF
Daniel Quare, London, No. 4722, casemaker's mark WI incuse for William Jaques, hallmarked 1718.Very fine and rare 22 ct. gold pair-cased watch with regulator through the dial. 36 mm o, gilt brass full plate, pierced tulip pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, large triple-footed gilt cock with streamers athe base, pierced and engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage and geometrical pattern, scallop shell at the base, diamond endstone.Signed on the back plate, numbered on the back plate and inside inner case, the last two digits repeated inside the outer case.Diam. 51 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 112-113. Notes Daniel Quare was one of the very few early English makers to provide for winding, setting and regulation through the dial. This arrangement found more favour on the Continent, where it was understood that it required neither a winding hole through the back, nor for the owner to open the case, risking damage, dust and dirt.The mechanism for regulating through the dial comprises a hollow barrel arbor through which the regulating arbor runs. Although not unique, this is an unusual and rare construction.Daniel Quare (c. 1648-1724)was admitted as brother of the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 and served as Master in 1708. In 1718 he entered into partnership with Stephen Horseman, who had been apprenticed to him; after his death, Horseman carried on alone under the partne Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
