Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 225
"Large Quarter Repeater, Duplex Escapement" R(ichar)d Webster, Cornhill, London, No. 5145. The case with London hallmarks for 1817 - 1818. Very fine and rare, large, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with duplex escapement.
HKD 20,000 - 30,000
USD 2,600 - 4,000 / EUR 2,000 - 3,000
Sold: HKD 23,600
C. Four-body, "pomme", polished, the back cover engraved with a coat of arms and the motto "Non Immemor Beneficii" (not forgetful of a helping hand). Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold, matted chapter ring with polished radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute indexes, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned center. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 49 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, the barrel secured by a bridge, fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power, jeweled single-wheel duplex escapement, plain three-arm gold balance, flat blued steel balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator, repeating on blued steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |