Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...
Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005
LOT 39
?Pocket Chronometer? James Mc Cabe, Royal Exchange, London, No. 832. Case by Thomas Walker II, with London hallmarks for 1819-20. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold hunting-cased pocket watch with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement and bimetallic balance.
CHF 12,000 - 18,000
EUR 8,000 - 12,000 / USD 9,000 - 14,000
Sold: CHF 11,500
C. Three-body, polished back with engraving ?AB, 1819?, fixed gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 45 mm., gilt, full-plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, maintaining power, Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement, escape and first wheels jeweled with endstones in screwed chatons, inverted under-sprung Earnshaw-type bimetallic cut compensation balance with four brass timing screws, diamond endstone, chased and engraved single footed cock, free-sprung flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-20-01 |
Good Period original HANDS Original |