14th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
A Gilt Metal Verge Consular Cased Pocket Watch, signed Rix, late 18th century, single fusee movement with balance cock foot signed Rix and numbered 51, scroll pierced movement plates, five-arm steel balance, diamond endstone, white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, seconds dial, beetle and poker hands, red glass set bezel, engraved to the borders, glazed back cover with a red glass set bezel, 75mm wide, with attached tassel
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800
Gilt surfaces are slightly discoloured, some of the red glass pieces to the bezels with small chips and scuff marks, dial with damage around the winding hole, dial edge with one small chip below 6, hands are stained, hour hand is loose, movement with fusee chain now detacted from the barrel, fusee chain is still present, balance is swinging when applying pressure to the contrate wheel, movement not working.
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Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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