Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 290
James McCabe, London, No. 3724, circa 1790. Very fine and elegant 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch.
HKD 50,000 - 70,000
USD 6,500 - 9,000 / EUR 5,000 - 7,000
Sold: HKD 33,040
C. Two-body, back with translucent Imperial blue enamel over elaborate engine-turning, pearl-set bezels. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 4. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 37 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, lateral lever escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, singlefooted cock with diamond endstone. Signed on the movement. Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-50 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
James Mc Cabe
One of three horologist sons of Irish watch and clockmaker William
Mc Cabe, who moved to London in the late 18th century. In 1781 he
was made honorary freeman of the Clockmaker's Company, and took
up the livery in 1787. He was succeeded by his son, also named James,
who became free of the London Clockmaker's Company in 1822. The
business was continued by Mc Cabe's nephew, Robert Jeremy Mc
Cabe, who closed the firm on his retirement in 1883.
Literature: "Carriage Clocks, their History & Development", Charles
Allix and Peter Bonnert, Woodbridge, 1974, pp. 278-81."Old Clocks
and Watches and their Makers", F.J. Britten, London, 1932, pp. 792-3.