Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, Jun 20, 1998

LOT 8

Brockbank, London, No. 2263, with London hallmarks for 1783. Fine 18K gold and enamel pair-cased watch.

C. Double body outer, the violet flinque bezels with white champleve enamelled borders, the back with an enamelled erotic scene inspired by an English comedy, painted within an oval medallion, over a violet flinque ground. Inner double body, bassine, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Gold "poker and beetle " hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, gilt brass English cock with diamond end-stone. Gilt brass dust-cap. Signed on the back plate and dust-cap. Diam. 50 mm.