Goodman. A very fine and unusual silver gilt and amethyst-set pair case verge watch with châtelaine

SIGNED GEO. GOODMAN, LONDON, NO. 15772, CIRCA 1787

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Goodman. A very fine and unusual silver gilt and amethyst-set pair case verge watch with châtelaine
Signed Geo. Goodman, London, No. 15772, circa 1787
With full plate gilt-finished verge movement, engraved and pierced balance cock and foot, square baluster pillars, chain fusée, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic five minute divisions, amethyst-set hands, in silver gilt inner case with later added silver gilt bezel, the circular silver gilt outer case with pavé-set square-cut amethyst decoration, together with a silver gilt and amethyst-set flower-form châtelaine with a key and a seal, inner case stamped with London date letter for 1787, movement signed and numbered
46 mm. diam., châtelaine 127 mm. long

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Please note that this watch is entirely made in silver gilt.

Veuillez noter que cette montre est entierement en vermeil.

Lot Essay

The watchmaker Geo. Goodman is recorded as a London resident between 1771 and 1785.

A gold pair case quarter repeating watch signed G. Goodman, London, numbered 136, dated circa 1780, with red agate and diamond-set outer case, is listed in Catalogue of the Collection of Watches in the Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, p. 194.

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