Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Dec 06, 2000

LOT 278

Daniel de Saint Leu, Watchmaker to Her Majesty, London, made for the Islamic Market, circa 1810.Very fine, 18K varicolored gold pair-cased, quarter repeating watch.

C. outer, double body Louis XVI, the bezels with applied varicolored military trophy decoration, the back applied with an urn of flowers, vine leaves and grapes in multicolored gold. Inner double body 'bassine', with pierced and engraved foliage decoration. D. white enamel with Turkish numerals. 'Poker and Beetle' gold hands. M. hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and English gilt-brass piered and engraved cock with polished steel end-piece. Quarter repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant. Gilt-brass dust-cap.Dial, back plate and dust-cap signed.Diam. 59 mm