Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Oct 15, 1989
LOT 345
Markwick, London, circa 1720. Fine 20-carat gold pair cased quarter repeating watch.
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 12,075
Double body outer case, the pierced border repoussé with four profiles wreathed with laurel, the center with Dianne sitting in a landscape with her dog. Double body inner case pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and with a small landscape. Gold "champlevé" dial with roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel poker and beetle hands. Full plate movement with baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three armed steel balance, English cock, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. In good condition. Diam.: 50 mm.
