拍品 69
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A Russian boxwood open-face pocketwatch
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A Russian boxwood open-face pocketwatch

UNSIGNED. FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

细节
A Russian boxwood open-face pocketwatch
Unsigned. First half 19th Century
The boxwood movement with hanging barrel, brass balance, cylinder escapement and wooden wheels, the boxwood dial with applied silver chapter ring with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, in a boxwood case glazed to the front and back, boxwood pendant and ring
51 mm. diam.
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased Christie's, 16 October, 1962, lot 135.

These boxwood watches were made almost entirely of wood, sometimes with ivory or bone parts. They are largely attributed to the Russian watchmaker Bronikov, working examples of these watches are rare.