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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 104

John Edwards Lawson
Pair case animated pocket watch; silver

CHF 700 - 1,400

EUR 650 - 1,300 / USD 800 - 1,550 / HKD 6,000 - 12,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 875

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pair-cased pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 12; the seconds hand being replaced by the wings of a windmill painted on the said subsidiary dial, thus creating an animation.

Polished outer silver pair case; polished silver case.

White enamel dial with suspended Arabic numerals; in the centre, a scene depicting a farmyard with a miller carrying a bag of grain to his mill; yellow gold “Pear” hands.

Movement 17’’’, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded English cock with a mask of grotesqueness and foliage.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand John Edwards Lawson, London

Year circa 1802

Movement No. 7 275

Case No. unnumbered (by “C / W L”, probably William Linsley, London, Master case-maker registered in March 1800, February 1802, 1813, 1814 and October 1818; London letter-date for 1802)

Material silver

Diameter 56.2 mm.

Caliber 17’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement

Weight 124.8 gr. (approx.)

Signature movement

Notes

Watches with a verge escapement with a subsidiary seconds dial are extremely rare.

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Inside the pair case, a 19th century “watch-paper” by D. Smith, Reading, Berkshire.

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

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