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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 15
Daniel Quare, London, No. 4108, circa 1680. Fine early silver pair cased watch with a single hand.
CHF 4,500 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 5,175
C. Outer double body tortoise-shell covered with piqué work decoration (damaged). Inner double body, bassine with split bezel, polished. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals. Single blued steel tulip hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with tulip pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage, an eagle at the top. Signed on the dial and back plate. h1 good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
Note: It is notable that the English were generally
quicker to apply a minute hand to such watches than
their counterparts on the Continent, therefore,
English early balance-spring watches.