Geneva, Nov 07, 2021
LOT 388
DIAMOND ROSETTE’’ WILLIAM ANTHONY
CHF 13,000 - 19,000
HKD 110,000 - 162,000 / USD 14,100 - 20,600 / EUR 12,200 - 17,800
Sold: CHF 32,500
Very fine, large, 18K gold and enamel, pearl and diamond set pocket
watch. «Directoire’’ style case, master mark IM, back decorated with
translucent Imperial blue enamel overelaborate engine- turning with
rose-cut diamond-set applied rosette and large diamonds in the center,
azure enamel frame with red enamel, pearl-set bezels and pendant.
Hinged gold cuvette fixed to the movement ring. White enamel, radial
Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Gold hands.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-25 |
Good Chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand William Anthony
Year Circa 1805
Movement No. 1990
Case No. 1990
Diameter 64 mm
Caliber 23’’’, gilt brass, fully chased with scrolling foliage decoration, Chinese calibre drawn from that of Lepine with free standing barrel, duplex escapement, plain flat five arm polished steel balance with flat balance spring and diamond end-stone.
Signature Case and Movement
Notes
William Anthony Born circa 1765, William Anthony worked in Red Lion Street, St John’s Square, Clerkenwell, where he made high-end, decorative
watches for the Chinese market. One of his well-known style includes oval dials and hands that are jointed to automatically adjust to the changing
radius of the dial as they travel round. As a successful tradesman, Anthony played an active part in founding the Watch- and Clockmakers
Benevolent Association in 1815. However, after establishing the association, he suffered a series of losses following the unsuccessful litigation with
Grimaldi & Johnson; an ill-fated attempt to set up a commercial exhibition in the Somerset Gallery, Strand, of Commonwealth presenting the Stuart
costume displayed on wax models. He die in straitened circonstances in 1844.