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Brian Loomes' Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World lists a John Moncrief as active in London around 1700.
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SIGNED JOHN MONCRIEF, LONDON, NO. 226, CIRCA 1700
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MONCRIEF. A FINE AND UNUSUAL GILT BRASS PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MOCK PENDULUM
SIGNED JOHN MONCRIEF, LONDON, NO. 226, CIRCA 1700
Gilt verge movement with finely engraved foliate decorated back plate, chain fusée, worm set-up underneath the dial plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, gilt dial chased and engraved with flower and foliage, small hour dial with blackened Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, beetle and poker hands, aperture for the regulator and glazed fan-shaped aperture revealing the mock pendulum and steel two-arm balance, plain inner case with split bezel and seven-piece hinge, plain outer case, dial and movement signed
56mm diam.
SIGNED JOHN MONCRIEF, LONDON, NO. 226, CIRCA 1700
Gilt verge movement with finely engraved foliate decorated back plate, chain fusée, worm set-up underneath the dial plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, gilt dial chased and engraved with flower and foliage, small hour dial with blackened Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, beetle and poker hands, aperture for the regulator and glazed fan-shaped aperture revealing the mock pendulum and steel two-arm balance, plain inner case with split bezel and seven-piece hinge, plain outer case, dial and movement signed
56mm diam.
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Please note the case is 18k gold.
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