Peter Orr & Sons, Madras

Peter Orr & Sons, Madras

A Rare Gold, Enamel And Diamond-Set Keyless Lever Watch Made For The Indian Market With Numerals In Urdu

Circa 1875

• Movement: gilded three-quarter plate, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, decoratively engraved balance cock, signed and numbered Peter Orr & Sons, Madras, 2981

• Dial: silvered dial, highly engraved with decorative floral scrolls, the numerals with blue enamel cartouches bearing diamond-set Urdu numerals, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and independent jumping seconds, blued steel hands, the tips with crescent moon and star motif, signed Peter Orr & Sons, Madras

• Case: gold case, decoratively engraved throughout, the cover centrally set with a translucent blue enamel crescent moon over engine-turning heightened with diamonds, the border with repeated wave-form motif heightened with opaque blue, black and red enamel, the case back similarly decorated and centred with a stylised flower heightened with enamel, the gold bezel with decoratively engine-turned border, front and back lids with maker's mark JAD incuse andnumbered 19175

diameter 54mm