JAMES COX. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE 20K GOLD, AGATE, RUBY AND PASTE-SET PAIR CASE AUTOMATON WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

SIGNED JAMES COX, LONDON, NO. 1391, CIRCA 1775

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JAMES COX. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE 20K GOLD, AGATE, RUBY AND
PASTE-SET PAIR CASE AUTOMATON WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed James Cox, London, No. 1391, circa 1775
With gilt finished chain fusée movement, verge escapement, pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone, with fixed barrel and five-wheel train fixed to a centre pinion in eccentric adjustable pushing to regulate the automaton, the small white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic five minute divisions, blued steel hands, set to the centre of a mosaic of rubies, with eight paste-set stars that spin when the lever at 11 is activated, in plain case with ruby-set pendant, the outer case set with agate panels within ruby and seed pearl frames between pierced paste-set florets, the front bezel similarly set, with paste-set pushpiece, movement signed, case with maker's mark for Peter Mounier
53 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

US$80,000-100,000

PROVENANCE:
"The Sandberg Watch Collection", Antiquorum Geneva, 31 March and 1 April, 2001, Lot 159.

LITERATURE:
"The Sandberg Watch Collection", published in 1998 by Antiquorum, p. 230-231.

For a very similar watch, see Timepieces Collected by Qing Dynasty Emperors in the Palace Museum, p. 113

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