Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 205

A PAIR OF SILVER POCKET WATCHES A) Vaucher Freres, Swiss, No. 348. Made circa 1890 for the Chinese market. Silver pocket watch with Chinese Zodiac dial and Chinese caliber.
B) British, No. 1297, with assay marks for Birmingham. Made in 1835. Rare silver pair cased pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

A) C. Three-body, bassine. Hinged engraved cuvette. D. White enamel with radial 24-hour Roman numerals, outer minute track, radial Chinese characters within another track, outermost track with radial multicolored painted Zodiac animals, center seconds. Blued steel reed hands. M. 44 mm, gilt brass Chinese caliber, jeweled escapement, large duplex escapement, fl at balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam 54 mm.
B) C. Pair case, the outer two-body, bassine, the inner two-body with opening for the key wind. D. White enamel radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. M. 42 mm, matte gilt, full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, fl at balance spring, continental cock. Both cases stamped with hallmarks and maker's mark (J.W). Diam. 57 mm.