ID 549185
Lot 663 | Pocketwatch
Estimate value
€ 12 000 – 15 000
Pocketwatch.
Origin: London, England.
Date: ca. 1800.
Clockwork: Bridge movement, key winding.
Case/Wristband: Gold, translucid polychrome enamel, stone set with diamond roses, dial enamel, tritium coated, rom. numbers, arab. quarter hour markers.
Total Weight: ca. 158.0 g.
Measurement: 58.0 mm, without stem.
Case-No: 296.
Reference-No: NN.
Movement-No.: 6296.
Description: Movement typically decorated for the Chinese market, gilded and elaborately ornamentally engraved, winding and hand setting via key, Chinese duplex escapement, diamond rose as cap jewel, flat hairspring. Watchmaker William Ilbery/Ilbury active in London 1780-1839. Introduced the style of the Chinese pocket watch. Rare museum piece!
Very good condition for the age and original key. Movement running, in need of revision. Enamel in good condition.
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Movement: good condition, slightly oxidised and scratched, in need of revision, functional.
Dial: very good condition, slightly oxidised, original hands.
Case: good condition, slightly oxidised and scratched, slight traces of wear.
| Artist: | William Ilbery (1780 – 1839) |
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| Auction house category: | Pocket and wrist watches |
| Artist: | William Ilbery (1780 – 1839) |
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| Auction house category: | Pocket and wrist watches |
| Address of auction |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Germany | ||||||||||||||
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