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SIGNED ROBERT & PETER HIGGS, LONDON, NO. 3450, CIRCA 1720
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Higgs. A very fine 18K gold repoussé two train hour striking pair case verge watch
Signed Robert & Peter Higgs, London, No. 3450, circa 1720
With gilt-finished two train verge movement, chain fusée, finely engraved and pierced gilt-finished scroll decorated balance cock and foot, plain three-arm steel balance, en passant hour striking on two hammers onto a bell, tocar/silencio (strike/silence) lever underneath the bezel, gilt dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, blued steel beetle and poker hands, the inner case with finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated band, repeating through the pendant, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed mythological scene in high relief, dust cover, dial and movement signed
50 mm. diam.
Signed Robert & Peter Higgs, London, No. 3450, circa 1720
With gilt-finished two train verge movement, chain fusée, finely engraved and pierced gilt-finished scroll decorated balance cock and foot, plain three-arm steel balance, en passant hour striking on two hammers onto a bell, tocar/silencio (strike/silence) lever underneath the bezel, gilt dust cover, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, blued steel beetle and poker hands, the inner case with finely engraved and pierced scroll and foliage decorated band, repeating through the pendant, the outer case with finely chased, pierced and embossed scroll and foliage decorated bezel, the reverse centred by a chased and embossed mythological scene in high relief, dust cover, dial and movement signed
50 mm. diam.
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