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A heavy gold and enamel quarter repeating grande and petite sonnerie clock watch, possibly made in commemoration for the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in Egypt, Circa 1890

Auction Closed

June 5, 07:33 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Dial: silvered, heightened by vari-color gold scrolling foliage, black radial roman numerals, subsidiary seconds

Movement: damascened nickel, highly jeweled tandem wind two-train, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, glazed cuvette

Case: 18k gold and enamel hunting case, the front lid with decorative Arabic enamel monogram possibly in commemoration for the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in Egypt

Size: 56 mm diameter

Signed: case numbered

Box: no

Papers: no

Please note that this lot was possibly made in commemoration for the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in Egypt and is a quarter repeater not a minute repeater.

“Muhammad Ali” founder and first of the Muhammad Ali Pasha Dynasty

Muḥammad Alī (born 1769, Kavala, Macedonia, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece]—died August 2, 1849, Alexandria, Egypt) was the pasha and viceroy of Egypt (1805–48) and founder of the dynasty that ruled Egypt from the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th.