Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 543
Daniel Quare, London, No. 2782, circa 1700. Very fine and rare silver watch.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
C. Double body "oignon" type, polished. D. Silver champleve with Roman numerals and outer rabic minute ring, aperture For the regulator below "XII". Blued steel "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock, pierced and engraved with a mask, flowers and scrolled foliage. Signed on the dial and back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 54 nun.
Notes
Daniel Quare is perhaps best known Ior his invention of the
repeating mechanism, but he made various other less well known
innovations which are demonstrated on this watch. The first
concern the placement of the regulator on the dial from where it
can be set. The second is the use of a single case with winding
through the dial in a manner similar w the French " oignon "
watches. The end result is a watch that is less bulky than the usual
English pair case, and with all the functions readily operable without
needing to partially dismantle it. These combination of teatttres is
apparently unique to Quare iu that period.