91st Auction

2015/5/16

Lot 532

Bell signature D. Drury, London, No. 61, 74 mm, 286 g, circa 1780
A decorative double-sided clock watch with quarter hour/hour self strike, stoppable centre seconds and calendar
Case: bronze, firegilt, finely florally hand-engraved and pierced, à goutte, bell with signature, large lateral hinge. Dial: front - enamel, radial Roman hours, inner scale for moon age and moon phase, gold spade hands. Back - regulator enamel dial, four subsidiary chapter rings for indications of the hours with Roman numerals at "12", for "Strike/Silent" at "3", for the "Regulator" at "6", and date at "9", centre seconds, gold hands. Movm.: full plate movement, frosted, gilt, chain/fusee, 2 barrels, 2 hammers, verge escapement.

Sold

estimated
25.00035.000 €
Price realized
29.800 €