165,200 HKD
“Scarlet Bouquet” Charman & Co. , London, No. 9066, London hallmarks for 1816-1817, case by Louis Comptees. Made for the Chinese market. Very fine and rare, large 18K gold painted on enamel, pearlset pocket watch. Off-white enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. 49 mm, hinged, full-plate, gilt, going barrel, cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, brass four-arm balance, the balance and the steel escape wheel jeweled, both with ruby endstones, flat balance spring with Joseph Bosley patented regulator, gilded cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage. Gilded dust-cap finely engraved with scrolling foliage. Signed on the back plate and numbered on the dial, case with master mark L.C. Diam. 61 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
