Only Online Auction
Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 102
James Wates
Pocket watch; silver
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 487
Silver, hunting-case, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch with nominative dial.
Polished silver case.
White enamel dial with radial letters forming the name “James Wates”; yellow gold “Pear” hands.
Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand James Wates, Woolwich (Sussex)
Year circa 1830
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered (by “W R”, probably William Rowlands, London, Master case-maker registered in June 1817, 1821, 1830 and 1838; London letter-date for 1828)
Material silver
Diameter 52.6 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Weight 128 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial and movement
Notes
Woolwich is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Woolwich is a village in Kent, southwest England.
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A cabinet-maker named James Wates (1807-1891) is recorded leaving in Woolwich, Kent.
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