Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

Centuries of Time: A Private Collection

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Swiss

An urn-form verge watch in glazed gold case Circa 1820

Auction Closed

May 14, 02:23 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Swiss


An urn-form verge watch in glazed gold case

Circa 1820


Movement: gilded verge movement, chain fusee, visible plain three-arm balance

Dial: white enamel, Arabic numerals, mounted on an urn-form plate decoratively engraved to each side, polished steel bridge work, roundel to back with off-set winding square and engraved with a bird in the branches of a pot plant

Case: glazed case, milled band, pendant with later French import mark, fixed bow


diameter 46mm

R. Chadwick, A Voyage Through Time, London: Unicorn, 2020, p. 307.