John Williamson, Liverpool, circa 1690.Fine silver Sun-and-Moon watch. | The Longitude at the Eve of the Third Millenium & Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 23rd October 1999
John Williamson, Liverpool, circa 1690.Fine silver Sun-and-Moon watch., CHF 2,500 - 3,000Sold: CHF 3,910 C. Double body, Consular, polished, a shutter over the winding hole. D. Silver champlevé engraved with scrolled foliage in which gold Sun and Moon symbols, inlaid in a silver disc, appear alternatively in an open sector to indicate the hours of day and night, marked along the rim in Roman numerals, the minute being shown in a conventional manner on the outer Arabic ring. Blued steel "beetle" minute hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, pain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 57 mm.The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999
LOT 513 John Williamson, Liverpool, circa 1690.Fine silver Sun-and-Moon watch.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,910
C. Double body, Consular, polished, a shutter over the winding hole. D. Silver champlevé engraved with scrolled foliage in which gold Sun and Moon symbols, inlaid in a silver disc, appear alternatively in an open sector to indicate the hours of day and night, marked along the rim in Roman numerals, the minute being shown in a conventional manner on the outer Arabic ring. Blued steel "beetle" minute hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, pain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage.Signed on the dial and back plate.Diam. 57 mm.
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