Abraham Albert Busch

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Abraham Albert Busch

No. 312

A silver pair cased verge calendar watch

Circa 1710

• Movement: gilded full-plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved winged balance cock, plain steel balance, silver regulation disc, squared Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, signed Abra. Alb. Busch, Hamburg 

• Dial: silver champlevé, Roman numerals and outer Arabic five-minute chapter, dial centre with stippled ground and chased and engraved scrolling banners, aperture for date beneath the hands, filigree hour and minute hand, signed Busch

• Cases: plain silver inner, aperture for winding to back, stirrup-form pendant and bow, associated plain silver outer case

diameter of outer case 56 mm, inner 48mm.