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GEORGE GRAHAM, LONDON, NO. 5373. CIRCA 1730
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A George II gold repousée pocket watch with cylinder escapement
George Graham, London, No. 5373. Circa 1730
The white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with beetle and poker hands and ropetwist band, the movement with gilt plates signed on the backplate Geo: Graham London 5373 with foliate pierced and engraved balance cock with female mask, punch-numbered 5373 on the underside of the cock, steel three-arm balance to cylinder escapement, pierced vase-shaped pillars, chain fusee and spring barrel, the dial plate stamped 5373, gilt cuvette signed Geo.Graham London and scratch-numbered 5373 to the underside, the consular repousée case depicting the legend of Orpheus, case stamped JW for John Ward
50mm. diameter case
George Graham, London, No. 5373. Circa 1730
The white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with beetle and poker hands and ropetwist band, the movement with gilt plates signed on the backplate Geo: Graham London 5373 with foliate pierced and engraved balance cock with female mask, punch-numbered 5373 on the underside of the cock, steel three-arm balance to cylinder escapement, pierced vase-shaped pillars, chain fusee and spring barrel, the dial plate stamped 5373, gilt cuvette signed Geo.Graham London and scratch-numbered 5373 to the underside, the consular repousée case depicting the legend of Orpheus, case stamped JW for John Ward
50mm. diameter case
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 18 March, 1974 lot 28
Literature
Jeremy Evans D.O.G.S., Thomas Tompion at the Dial and Three Crowns, Antiquarian Horological Society, 2006, pp. 97
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