Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 477
FINER & NOWLAND “CONSULAR” POCKET WATCH MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; 18K YELLOW GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARLS AND DIAMOND
HKD 48,000 - 60,000
CHF 5,950 - 7,950 / USD 6,000 - 8,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 17,500
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Consular” pocket watch, gold guilloché (engine-turned) dial, made for the Chinese market. Purple flinqué (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) enamel case-back with a rosacea motif, with set, in the centre, a large diamond; case-back border and bezel set with half- pearls.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Finer & Nowland, London
Year Circa 1810-1820
Movement No. 3 755
Calibre 16’’’, cylinder escapement
Case No. 2 149
Diameter 46 mm.
Signature Movement
Notes
Thomas Finer, watchmaker registered in London, 5 Hatton Garden, 1788-1800. Associated with Nowland at same address, 1800-1805, then, 48 High Holborn, 1808-1839.
Watches (with alarm) kept in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, and in the late Major Chamberlain Collections.