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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 34
Andrew Dunlop, London, circa 1710. Fine and unusual silver pair cased watch with date and subsidiary set-up aperture.
CHF 4,500 - 5,500
Sold: CHF 7,475
C. Double body outer, polished. Double body inner, bassine with split bezel, marked "I.W." ( John Ward). D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, inner apertures for the dates and the regulator. Gllt brass hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
Notes
Note: In England, only a very few makers used to
allow the slow/fast regulator to be set-up from the
dial, Daniel Quare was the first to do so. Such
watches by other makers are extremely rare.