Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 108
Grant, Fleet street, London, No 2284, Hallmarked 1789. Chia Ch'ing.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: HKD 36,800
Rare 18-carat gold watch with a special escapement. Massive three body polished case with fixed cuvette Eccentric white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring and subsidiary seconds. Gold 'arrow' hands. Gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, duplex escapement with cut bimetallic two armed balance, blued steel helical balance spring, and ruby endstone. In very good condition. Diam. 61 mm.
