Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...
Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005
LOT 32
Thomas Wagstaffe, London, No. 6526. Made circa 1760. Fine, silver quarter repeating pair-cased pocket watch.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,600 - 4,000 / USD 3,000 - 4,700
Sold: CHF 5,290
C. Outer: two-body, pierced, chased and engraved with foliate scrolls; Inner: two-body, polished bezel, pierced, chased and engraved with foliate scrolls and a grotesque mask. Gilt brass dust cover. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic five-minute numerals. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 30 mm., gilt brass full-plate, tapered cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond endstone, silvered regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant, stop lever in the bezel. Movement and dust cap signed. Diam. 50 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-7 |
Good Oxidized |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-14-01 |
Good Damaged HANDS Original |