George Graham, London, No. 4580, circa 1714. Very fine and rare 22 ct. gold pair cased watch with calendar. | Important Collectors Wristwatches Pocket Watches & Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 21st October 1995

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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

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George Graham, London, No. 4580, circa 1714. Very fine and rare 22 ct. gold pair cased watch with calendar.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

C. Outer and inner double body, both polished and marked 'U.S.". D. Gold champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, matt ground and calendar aperture. Blued steel "poker and beetle" bands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass pierced and engraved with a head and scrolling foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.

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Note: Graham continued the serial numbers started by Tompion and appears to have made nearly three thousand watches. No. 4369 being still signed Tompion & Graham, canot therefore be later than 1713. This watch, No. 4580, is certainly among the first one hundred made after Tompion's death and dates from 1714. It is rare for watches of this period with gold champlevé dial to have a calendar.