Dent. A fine 18K gold and enamel hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch

SIGNED DENT, WATCHMAKER TO THE QUEEN, 61 STRAND & 34 ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 39907, STAMPED WITH LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1898

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Dent. A fine 18K gold and enamel hunter case quarter repeating keyless lever watch
Signed Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen, 61 Strand & 34 Royal Exchange, London, No. 39907, stamped with London date letter for 1898
With three quarter plate gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement, quarter repeating on two polished steel hammers onto a gong, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, eccentric subsidiary seconds to 9 o'clock, in plain circular case with inlaid polychrome enamel coat-of-arms and inscription Boutez en Avant to the front, inlaid translucent white, green, blue and red enamel initials CBRS to the reverse, repeating slide in the band, case and cuvette signed Dent and stamped with casemaker's initials GAP, dial and movement signed and numbered
53 mm. diam.

拍品專文

The coat-of-arms on the present watch are most probably those of a member of the Barry or de Barry family, one of the three major lineages of Odo De Barri, a Norman Knight who received land in Wales after the Norman Conquest of England during the 11th century.

In the following decades many of the de Barris moved from their Welsh stronghold to County Cork, Ireland, where the name of the town Buttevant is believed to derive from the war cry of the Barry family "boutez en avant", French for "advance boldly".

For a note on the renowned firm E. Dent & Co. see lot 270 in this auction.