The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 749

?Quarter Repeating, Center Seconds? Jessop, Southampton Street, Strand, London, No. 2503. The case with London hallmarks for 1787-88. Fine and unusual, large, 18K gold pair-cased, center-seconds quarter-repeating pocket watch with stop feature.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,800 / USD 3,000 - 4,600

Sold: CHF 7,316

C. Outer: two-body, polished, sprung with release catch. Inner: two-body, ?bassine?, band engraved with flowers and foliage and pierced for sound, center engraved with rosette. Gilt dust cap. D. Eccentric, white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic numerals, outer seconds dial with fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five second numerals. Gold ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 43 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with Harrison's maintaining power, cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, large diamond endstone, singlefooted cock, balance and escape wheel jeweled, stop lever at 8 o'clock, repeating on a bell activated by depressing the pendant. Dial, movement and dust cap signed. Diam. 64 mm. To be sold without reserve


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A high quality jeweled watch made during a period when jeweling was reserved for only the best pieces. Josiah Jessop Worked in London, where he is recorded circa 1780-1794, at 38 Southampton St., Covent Garden. A center-seconds watch made by him was in the Ilbert collection, now in the British Museum; a gold and enamel watch by him was in the Sternberger collection ; another is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The present lot was previously sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 14, 2004, Lot 2.