Lot 36

Marcks & Co. A fine and heavy 18K gold and enamel hunter case chronograph keyless lever watch, made for the Indian Market

SIGNED C. MARCKS & CO., BOMBAY & POONA, NO. 939, CIRCA 1900

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Marcks & Co. A fine and heavy 18K gold and enamel hunter case chronograph keyless lever watch, made for the Indian Market
Signed C. Marcks & Co., Bombay & Poona, No. 939, circa 1900
With gilt-finished highly jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, glazed dust cover, gold cuvette with engraved scroll decoration to the opening lid, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic five minute divisions, constant seconds, the circular heavy case with finely engraved scroll and foliage decoration, the front with red, white and green enamel initials in high relief, the back centred by an enamel flower in the same colours, chronograph button in the band, case and cuvette numbered, dial signed, movement signed and numbered
53 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

Watches have been introduced into the Far East about 1600 by merchants and missionaries but have doubtlessly been known even earlier in India, where they had been for a long time an important commodity.

Timepieces made for the Indian Market usually featured Swiss movements with every conceivable complication and were retailed by renowned companies such as Marcks & Co.

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