Lot Essay
Gray and Constable are recorded in Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World by G.H.Baillie, p.131, as working around 1780.
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GRAY & CONSTABLE. A GOLD, ENAMEL, SEED-PEARL AND DIAMOND-SET QUARTER-REPEATING CYLINDER WATCH
signed, Gray & Constable, London, No.201, late 18th Century
the gilt-finished movement with cylinder escapement, pierced and chased cock with diamond end-stone, gilt cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, diamond set hands, the case with translucent blue enamel on engine turned background, centred by a diamond surrounded by smaller stones in a sun burst decoration, seed-pearls to the rim, with seed-pearl decorated pendant and bow, movement signed- 53mm diam.
signed, Gray & Constable, London, No.201, late 18th Century
the gilt-finished movement with cylinder escapement, pierced and chased cock with diamond end-stone, gilt cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, diamond set hands, the case with translucent blue enamel on engine turned background, centred by a diamond surrounded by smaller stones in a sun burst decoration, seed-pearls to the rim, with seed-pearl decorated pendant and bow, movement signed- 53mm diam.