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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 17
Daniel Quare, London, No. 1897, circa 1690. Fine and rare silver pair cased watch.
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 4,715
C. Outer double body, tortoise-shell covered with piqué work decoration. Inner double body, bassine, polished, marked "W.I.". D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with elaborate pierced and engraved Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
