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Benjamin Gray | Justin Vulliamy | A gold pair cased verge dumb quarter repeating
No reserve
Lot Closed
December 14, 06:20 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Benjamin Gray | Justin Vulliamy
A gold pair cased verge dumb quarter repeating watch, London, Circa 1760
Dial: enamel, with hairlines
Caliber: gilt full plate movement, cylinder escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock, diamond end stone, fusee and chain, rounded baluster pillars, gilt metal cap
Movement number: XSU
Case: gold pair case, gilt metal cap
Case number: 133
Size: 44 mm diameter
Signed: movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Justin Vulliamy was the patriarch of three generations of watch and clockmakers. He left Switzerland and moved to England becoming the partner of Benjamin Gray, whose daughter he married. Following his father-in-law's death, Vulliamy continued to employ Gray's coded numbering system. Vulliamy's son Benjamin was active from 1775-1820 and in turn his son, Benjamin Lewis, continued the business until his death in 1854.