Sold for:
6,900 CHF
6,900 CHF
Samson Wroth, Taunton, circa 1720. Very fine tortoiseshell-covered gilt metal watch. Two-body, back and bezel covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, gilt brass shutter for the winding aperture. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers. Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. 41,6 mm, gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with streamers, pierced and engraved with symmetrical stylized foliage, rack and pinion regulaor with silver plate.Signed on movement.Diam. 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11