2,875 CHF
Eardley Norton, London, No. 7134, with London hallmarks for 1794. Fine 18K gold pair-cased, quarter repeating watch. Double body outer, polished. Inner double body, "bassine", the band pierced and engraved with foliage decoration. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Gold "poker and beetle " hands. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, giltbrass English cock with ruby end-stone. Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Gilt-brass dust-cap. Signed on the dial, back plate and dust-cap. Diam. 59 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18