Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 257

ANDREW FOWLDS QUARTER STRIKING CLOCKWATCH "AFFECTION & INNOCENCE" Andrew Fowlds, London, No. 6115. Made for the Chinese market, circa 1780. Very fine and very rare, gilt-brass, painted on enamel, pearl-set, pair-cased, two-train, quarter-striking clockwatch with center-seconds.

OUTER Two-body, the bezel pierced and engraved and set with pearls, the back decorated with a rectangular painted on enamel panel depicting "Affection & Innocence" after an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, translucent blue guilloche enamel border edged with pearls, outermost pierced and engraved border to match the bezel. Gilt brass dust cap. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five minute numerals. Gold beetle and poker hands, gold center-seconds hand. 38 mm., gilt brass full plate entirely engraved with foliage, turned cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass single-foot balance cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, silver regulation dial, striking with two polished steel hammers on a bell in the back of the case, strike-silent selection lever on the bezel. Movement signed.