32,200 HKD
William Howes, London, No. 1124, circa 1760.Very fine 20K gold, diamond-set, bloodstone-cased watch. Two-body, the back carved from a single piece of bloodstone, the bezel also made of a single piece of bloodstone mounted on a gold shell, diamond-set push piece. White enamel, radial Roman chapters, outer minute dot divisions. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 30 mm. ø, 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 exotc 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 William Howes.Listed by Baillie as having entered the Clockmakers' Company in 1730, and livery Clockmakers' Company between 1766 and 1773.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-06-08
