108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 440
John Cross
A fine and heavy London minute repeating pocket watch with duplex escapement
Sold
estimated
7.000—9.000 €
Price realized
5.000 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, case maker's punch mark "FH" (Frederick Humbert of London).
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Full plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, chain/fusee, heavy auxiliary compensation balance.
Case no.961
Diam.55 mm
Circa1822
Ctry.England
Wt.169 g
John Cross is recorded in London, Charterhouse Square in the period 1819 to 1855.