69,000 HKD
F. Stretch, Londino, with London hallmarks for 1703. Fine and rare 22K gold, pair-cased, doubletrain hour-striking clockwatch. Outer: two-body, the bezels pierced and engraved with inhabitedfoliage, each with four vignettes of masks and landscapes,polished center. Inner: two-body, "bassine" form, the bandpierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and two vignettesof rural landscapes. Gold champlevé with radial Romannumerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker andbeetle" hands. Hinged gilt brass full plate double-train withturned baluster pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement,plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance-spring. Gilt brassEnglish cock pierced and engraved with a mask and inhabitedfoliage. Striking train with fixed gilt brass pierced and engravedbarrel with revolving arbor, striking on a bell.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 56 mm. Notes The present lot was sold on June 2003 by Antiquorum Geneva lot 159.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10