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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 107

Joseph or Thomas Windmills
Pair-case pocket watch, quarter-repeater; silver

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 3,250

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pair-cased pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater on one bell (activated by depressing the pendant)

Case-back with case-band pierced and engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with a grotesque mask, four birds with spread wings and two phantasmagorical animal heads; in the centre, a rosette.

Outer case pierced and polished.

Later white enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Poker & Beetle” hands.

Movement 18’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.


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Grading System
Case: 3-8-13

Good

Slightly scratched

Slightly damaged
Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 23-71-01

Later

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Brand Joseph or Thomas Windmills, London

Year circa 1700-1710 and later

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Material silver

Diameter 41.3 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement

Weight 157 gr. (approx.)

Signature movement

Notes

During the second half of the 18th century, several watches had their silver or gold champlevé dials, replaced by enamel dials, at the request of their owners. The enamel dials being clearer to read in weak light.

Biography

Windmills
Joseph Windmills is a watchmaker active in London at the end of the 17th century and at the beginning of the 18th century.
Thomas Windmills, son of the previous, to whom he was apprenticed until 1693, is recorded working until 1732.

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.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.