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Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

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A silver pair cased verge watch

Circa 1730

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, Continental pierced and engraved balance bridge, plain three-arm balance, fusee and chain, square baluster pillars, bearing the signature Wilter, London

• Dial: silver champlevé, Roman numerals with half-hour divisions between, arcaded Arabic outer minute ring, aperture for date, bearing the signature Wilter, London to central banners against a blued steel disc

• Cases: plain silver inner, maker's mark possibly IC beneath a crown, outer case with engraved armorials and decoratively engraved bezels

diameter inner case: 48.5mm, outer 57mm