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Renaissance Style Silver Cross Form Watch, 19th century. ...
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Description
Renaissance Style Silver Cross Form Watch, 19th centuryCase: silver, 83 mm x 49 mm x 23 mm, three body, seven joint hinge work, pierced covers and sides, religious motif engraved panels
Dial: champleve silver with religious images, brass chapter ring with enameled Roman numerals, single steel hand
Movement: hinged to the case, brass, engraved with birds and foliage, pierced tulip pillars, fusee with gut line and stackfreed, pierced balance cock, movement is lacking elements
*Note: Although this timepiece is not an original 16th century watch it has many aesthetics of an example from that period. The making of the watch likely dates to the 19th century.
Condition Report*:
Type: Renaissance Style Silver Cross Form Watch
Dial: silver engraved, Roman chapter ring
Hands; single steel
Metal: unmarked silver
Case Info: three body, pierced and engraved
Case Length: 83 mm
Case Width: 49 mm (across center arm)
Thickness: 23 mm
Watch Movement: fusee with gut line, stackfreed, pierced tulip pillars, pierced cock, bird and foliage engraving
Circa: 19th century
Condition: movement non-operable, missing crown wheel, spindle pivots bad, lacking elements, case very good, dial very good
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Dial: silver engraved, Roman chapter ring
Hands; single steel
Metal: unmarked silver
Case Info: three body, pierced and engraved
Case Length: 83 mm
Case Width: 49 mm (across center arm)
Thickness: 23 mm
Watch Movement: fusee with gut line, stackfreed, pierced tulip pillars, pierced cock, bird and foliage engraving
Circa: 19th century
Condition: movement non-operable, missing crown wheel, spindle pivots bad, lacking elements, case very good, dial very good
Auction Info
2008 December Jewelry & Timepieces Signature Auction #687 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2008
8th-10th
Monday-Wednesday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 2
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
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