Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018

LOT 388

WILLIAM WHITAKER "GEORGE III" WATCH, 22K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 47,000 - 58,500

CHF 5,800 - 7,300 / USD 6,000 - 7,500

Sold: HKD 57,500

22K yellow gold, enamel, diamond-set and pearl-set, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, "George III" pocket watch, hinged case-back Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) case-back with, in the centre, inside a circle of half-pearls, an applied rosacea of rose-cut diamonds centred with a large rose-cut diamond


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-23-01

Good

Later

HANDS Original

Brand William Whitaker

Year Circa 1800

Movement No. 534

Caliber 16'' gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring, diamond end-stone

Dimensions Ø 49 mm.

Signature Movement

Notes

Walker, Valentine Watch casemaker to some of the very best watchmakers of the period: Emery, Webster, Leroux, Pendleton, Vulliamy, etc.