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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 35
J. Windmills, London, No. 514, circa 1710. Fine silver pair cased watch.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
C. Outer double body polished, marked "LW.". Inner double body bassine, polished, marked "W.L" . D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and tulip" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring and gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 53 mm.
Notes
Note: The watch is numbered on the front plate beneath the dial. By the time this watch was made silver cased watches were rarely hallmarked and the Master marks were not yet standardised.