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US$3,000-5,000
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Property From An Important Private Asian Collection
WILLIAM VALE. A GILT AND PASTE-SET SKELETONISED VERGE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
SIGNED WILLM VALE, LONDON, NO. 2291, CIRCA 1780
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WILLIAM VALE. A GILT AND PASTE-SET SKELETONISED VERGE WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed Willm Vale, London, No. 2291, circa 1780
With fully engraved skeletonised gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusee, plain steel three arm balance, all revealed under a glazed back, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt beetle and poker hands, steel sweep centre seconds, the case engraved with floral and foliate motifs, with paste-set bezel to front and back, movement signed
78 mm. diam.
Signed Willm Vale, London, No. 2291, circa 1780
With fully engraved skeletonised gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusee, plain steel three arm balance, all revealed under a glazed back, the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt beetle and poker hands, steel sweep centre seconds, the case engraved with floral and foliate motifs, with paste-set bezel to front and back, movement signed
78 mm. diam.