Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996
LOT 557
J. Windmills, London, No. 514, circa 1710. Fine silver pair cased watch.
CHF 5,000 - 6,000
C. Outer double body polished, marked "LW." (William Jack). Inner double body bassine, polished, marked "W.I.". D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and tulip" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring and gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. hl very good condition. Diam. 53 mm.
Notes
The watch is numbered on the front plate beneath the dial.
By the time this watch was made silver cases were rarely
hallmarked and the Master mark were not yet standardised.
William Jack was a pupil of John Ward the famous maker of
cases worked for Thomas Tompion and Daniel Quare.