Important Jewelry, Watches and Wristw...

Hong Kong, Furama Hotel, Jun 07, 1999

LOT 446

George Thomlinson, Londoni, circa 1675. Fine silver pair cased pre-balance spring watch with single hand.

HKD 110,000 - 140,000

USD 16,000 - 20,000

C. Outer double body, silver mounted, shagreen covered with silver pique work decoration. Inner double body, bassine, polished, with loose ring pendant. D. Unusual silver champleve with Roman numerals in square cartouches. Blued steel turned single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with early Egyptian pillars, three wheel short train, fusee with gut line, verge escapement with steel two-arm balance without spring, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced blued steel brackets and silver regulator disc, gilt brass florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 60 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: *3

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

George Thomlinson Became free of the Clockmakers' Company in March 1674. Working in George Yard, Lombard Street, two apprentices were enrolled with him, but he disappears from record after 1681.