Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 154

SALLMON LONDON SALLMON LONDON,Gold and bloodstone pair cased repeating, Number 740. Made circa 1750. Very fine and important 22K gold repoussé, bloodstone, quarter repeating pocket watch.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 48,000 - 56,000 / USD 6,000 - 8,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 8,750

Double body, Louis XV, fully pierced and engraved with rococo foliage and bloodstone decoration,chased and repoussé bezel with four smaller bloodstone cartouches.Inner two-body bassine with split bezel, pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, shuttered winding aperture. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost Arabic five minute numerals. Blued steel "Beetle and Poker" hands. 29.3 mm., gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass one-footed English cock, pierced and engraved with asymmetrical foliage, rack and pinion regulator with silver dial.Repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant, silvered dust cap.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-25-01

Fair

Chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

Signed on the dial and back plate. DIAM. 48 MM. The present lot was previously sold by Sotheby on May 22, 1968 To be sold without reserve