Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 199

?Musical Trio? Wm. Story, London, No. 5755. Made circa 1760. Fine, 18K gold and enamel pocket watch.

C. Two-body, engraved with an overall geometric pattern, the bezel decorated with Royal blue ?champlevé? enamel leaves and flowers, the back decorated with a scene of a musical trio beneath trees overlaid with Royal blue enamel. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic five minute numerals, winding aperture at 4 o?clock. Gold ?navette? hands. M. 37 mm., gilt, hinged, full plate, turned pillars, fusée and chain, lateral lever escapement, three-arm steel balance, pierced foliate balance cock, silver regulation disc. Movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.