Sold for:
13,800 CHF
13,800 CHF
Wise, London, circa 1700. Very fine tortoiseshell-covered gilt-metal watch. Two-body, back and bezel covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, brass shutter for the winding aperture. 42 mm, gilt full-plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed cock with small streamers, pierced and engraved with symmetrical stylized foliage, mask in the neck, rack and pinion regulator with silver plate.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 56 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
