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Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 126

"Cephalus & Procris" William Gib Junior, Rotterdam, No. 126, circa 1740, repoussé case signed JNP. Very fine and rare large 22K gold repoussé pair-cased watch with mock pendulum.

HKD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 6,500 - 8,000 / USD 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 74,750

C. Outer: gilt metal and shagreen two-body protective outer casewith glazed back. Second: Two-body, repoussé, indistinctlysigned, very finely chased with a scene of Cephalus and Procriswithin a scroll and shell border and with female bust length figuresemblematic of the four seasons, Inner: Two-body, plain polished.D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outerarcaded minute ring with five-minute Arabic numerals. Rosediamond-set hands. M. 40 mm, gilt full plate with pierced fancysteel pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balancewith flat balance spring, double-footed silvered cock withcut half-circle for the mock pendulum, inscribed beneath "UnCoup Suffit", the other half chased with a cupid firing his arrowat a heart on a pedestal, finely pierced and chased backplatefurniture. Signed on the movement.Diam. 63 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 25 - 01

Notes

Another watch by this maker with a very similar movement was sold: Antiquorum, Geneva, November 11, 2001, Lot 275. For another repoussé watch showing the same scene but in reverse see: ?The Art of the Gold Chaser in 18th century London?, Richard Edgcumbe, Oxford University Press, 2000, fig. 86a.