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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 192
Early English Minute-Repeater C.I. Cope, London, No. 793. The case with London hallmarks for 1826-1827. Fine and extremely rare, large, very early minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch.
HKD 32,000 - 42,000
USD 4,200 - 5,500 / EUR 2,500 - 3,500
Sold: HKD 33,600
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned and polished, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold with applied radial Roman numerals, outer varicoloured gold grape and vine leaf border, engine-turned center, subsidiary seconds. Gold pear hands. M. 48 mm., frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, ringed cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, maintaining power, the barrel secured by a plate, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum meantime and temperature adjustment screws, Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on blued steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Diam. 57 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-15 |
Good Slightly rusted |
Movement: 3-18* |
Good Spotted Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Charles John Cope Recorded as working in London between 1815 and 1830, he was an expert on Earnshaw?s chronometers. See: ?Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World?, G.H. Baillie, 1947.