George Kidwell
Cataloguer
Lot 1
Thwing, London. A silver key wind pair case pocket watch with day and night indication and studded and silver inlaid horn outer
Circa 1680
22 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,120 inc. premium
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Thwing, London. A silver key wind pair case pocket watch with day and night indication and studded and silver inlaid horn outer
Date: Circa 1680
Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance cock with steel 3 arm balance, silver regulation
Dial: Finely engraved silver champlevé regulator dial, black Roman numeral hour markers, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, sector with rotating day and night indication with the moon and sun pointing to the Roman hours above, single blued steel minute hand
Case: Polished inner, outer case under painted studded horn in imitation of tortoiseshell, engraved and inlaid with a tree and house
Signed: Dial & movement, case stamped FF
Size: 54mm
Movement: Gilt full plate fusee verge, pierced and engraved balance cock with steel 3 arm balance, silver regulation
Dial: Finely engraved silver champlevé regulator dial, black Roman numeral hour markers, black outer minute track with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, sector with rotating day and night indication with the moon and sun pointing to the Roman hours above, single blued steel minute hand
Case: Polished inner, outer case under painted studded horn in imitation of tortoiseshell, engraved and inlaid with a tree and house
Signed: Dial & movement, case stamped FF
Size: 54mm