Continental

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Continental

No. 3910

A gold pair cased quarter striking clock watch with repousse outer case, movement bearing the signature C. Cabrier, London

Circa 1750

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, steel three-arm balance, decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock a mask at the neck, silver regulation plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, quarter striking on a bell to the inside case back, bearing the signature C. Cabrier, London, No. 3910, bell scratch signed Drury to outside, gilt-metal dust cap signed C. Cabrier, 3910

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, arcaded outer minute ring, paste-set filigree hands

• Cases: gold, the band decoratively pierced and engraved with birds and fantastical beasts, a mask to the base and landscape scene beneath the pendant, strike/silent lever lacking at 3 o'clock, numbered 3910 beneath the pendant,incuse case maker's mark ALR • gold outer repoussé case depicting Perseus and Minerva within a shell and scrollwork border, the band and bezel decoratively pierced for sound emission and engraved with scrolling foliage, flowers and the heads of beasts

diameter of outer case 51.5mm, inner 44mm. Weight: approx. 146.2g