Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 102
Edw. Darwin - Masonic pocket watch, pair-cased with Masonic emblems; gilded brass
HKD 15,600 - 19,500
USD 2,000 - 2,500 / EUR 1,850 - 2,300 / CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Sold: HKD 18,750
Gilded brass, pair-cased, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch; white enamel dial. Pair cased with Masonic emblems (working tools of the various degrees of Freemasonry), clockwise: Eye of Providence, Stars, Hive, Square and Compass, the Mosaic Pavement, Level and Rule Level, Noah’s Ark surmounted by a Dove (representing the Holy Spirit), and, in the centre, the Temple of Solomon and the Sun.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Edw. Darwin, London
Year circa 1790
Movement No. 9 763
Case No. unnumbered (by “I•B / A”, probably London)
Material gilded brass
Diameter 46.9 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, verge escapement, pierced and engraved gilded English cock
Dimensions Ø 54.5 mm. (outer-case)
Signature movement