Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Milano, Hotel Principe Di Savoia, Nov 30, 1992
Roger Rock & Co., 56 Friday S t r e e t , London, made for the Indian market, bearing the London Hallmarks for 1884. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, keyless minute repeating "grande and petite sonnerie" clockwatch, bearing the monogram, the crest and with the enamel portrait of His Highness Asaf Jah, Muzaffer-UIMumalik, Nizam-UI-Mulik, Nizam-ud-Dowla, Narvab Mir Mahabub Ali Khan Bahadur, Fateh Jung, G.C. S.I., Nizam of Hyderabad.
C. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished, the cover with the champleve enamelled Crest of the Nizam, the back engraved with his monogram. Gold cuvette enamelled with the magnificent painted por trait of the Nizam, signed with the monogram: " TM" and engraved on the border with palm leaf decoration. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 18-, frosted and gilt, three quarter plate, double train with differential winding, 39 jewels, part in screwed settings, English lateral lever escape-ment, cut bimetallic balance, balance spring with terminal curve. Repeating mechanism released by a slide in the band." Strike/Silent"and "Quarters/Hours & Quarters" optional levers, on the border of the bezel. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.