98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 261
Jeremie Gregory, London, 26 mm, 21 g, circa 1650
An early single-handed verge pocket watch
Case: silver, gilt, chased and engraved with elaborate foliage and bird of prey decoration. Dial: silver, champlevé. Movm.: full plate movement, gut/fusee, two-arm iron balance without balance spring.
Jeremie Gregory (d. 1686) worked in London, Cornhill/Royal Exchange. He was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1652, and master in 1665. A maker of repute, a traveling clock by him is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a silver alarm watch in the Guildhall Museum, and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An early single-handed verge pocket watch
Case: silver, gilt, chased and engraved with elaborate foliage and bird of prey decoration. Dial: silver, champlevé. Movm.: full plate movement, gut/fusee, two-arm iron balance without balance spring.
Jeremie Gregory (d. 1686) worked in London, Cornhill/Royal Exchange. He was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1652, and master in 1665. A maker of repute, a traveling clock by him is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a silver alarm watch in the Guildhall Museum, and another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
estimated
11.000—15.000 €
Price realized
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