91st Auction

2015/5/16

Lot 561

Wright and Craighead, Successors to Bracebridges, Clerkenwell, London, Movement No. 8181, Case No. 8181, 57 mm, 168 g, circa 1897
A gentleman's heavy English deck watch of the British Royal Navy with 55 min. carousel and original mahogany box
Case: silver, polished, silver dome, case maker's punch mark "JW" (Joseph Walton). Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, numbered, signed. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, frosted, gilt, numbered, signed, chatoned, optionally key winding or crown winding, lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance, freesprung blued balance spring with terminal curve, florally engraved balance cock, gold escape wheel, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.

Sold

estimated
5.5008.000 €
Price realized
5.000 €