25,300 CHF
Josiah Emery, Charing Cross, London, No. 574. hallmarked 1772. Very fine 22K gold and enamel pair-cased dumb half-quarter Stogden-type repeating watch. Outer: two-body, by master casemaker JamesRichards, very finely decorated with translucentImperial blue and opaque white champlevé enamel of flo-ralpattern against engine turning, monogram "R.A.W.".Inner: two-body, "bassine" with deep back, polished. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute dotdivisions with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold finely pierceshands. 35 mm, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars,fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, steel balance with flatbalance spring, single-footed cock, repeating on two steelblocks fixed to the case by depressing the pendant, gilt brassdust cap.Signed on the movement and dust cap.Diam. 48 mm. Notes An excellent watch made by one of the London’s greatest watch-makers in collaboration with one of the best casemakers. James Richards was one of the most esteemed casemakers in London at the time, listed from 1762 to 1822. Josiah Emery (c. 1725-1797). A Swiss watchmaker, born in Gene-va, who settled in England and had a shop at 33 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London. He made very fine cylin-der watches, but became famous as the first watchmaker in the world, after Tho-mas Mudge, to produce a watch with a lever escapement. He made about thirty-six lever watches between 1782 and 1795. Three of Emery’s le-ver watches were imported into France and served as
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
