6,900 CHF
William Howes, London, No. 1124, circa 1760.Very fine 20 ct. gold, diamond-set, bloodstone-cased watch. Two-body, the back carved from a single piece of bloodstone, the bezel is also made of a single piece of bloodstone mounted on a gold shell, diamond-set pushpiece. 30 mm o, gilt brass full plate, square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, blued-steel balance spring, single-footed gilt cock pierced and engraved with asymmetrical scrolling foliage and exoic bird at the base, diamond endstone, wheel and ratchet set-up, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 41 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 148-149. Notes Howes William .He is listed in the Baillie as entering the Clockmakers' Company in 1730, and livery Clockmakers' Company between 1766 and 1773.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
