3,304 CHF
Wise, London, No. 16101, circa 1700. Fine, gilt brass and tortoiseshell pocket watch with gold champlevé dial. Two-body, later, back and bezel covered with tortoiseshell and decorated with studs, brass shutter for the winding aperture. 41 mm, gilt full-plate with large divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, under-sprung plain threearm steel balance with flat balance spring, single-footed winged cock pierced and finely engraved with symmetrical stylized foliage, mask in the neck, rack and pinion regulator with silver dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm. To be sold without reserve Notes John Wise Free of the Clockmakers Company 1669 - 1718.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
