William Anthony. A rare 18 carat gold, enamel and pearl-set oval eight-day duplex watch, made for the Chinese Market

SIGNED WILLIAM ANTHONY LONDON, NO. 1898, HALLMARKED LONDON 1797

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William Anthony. A rare 18 carat gold, enamel and pearl-set oval eight-day duplex watch, made for the Chinese Market
Signed William Anthony London, No. 1898, hallmarked London 1797
With highly engraved gilt finished movement, duplex escapement, plain steel five arm balance, diamond endstone, engraved gilt cuvette, the white enamel eccentric dial with Roman numerals, gold arrow hands, large subsidiary seconds dial, the oval case with graduated pearl-set bezel and rim, pearl-set pendant, the blue guilloché enamel reverse with an applied gold and pearl-set scroll decoration and centred by diamonds, surrounded by a polychrome champlevé enamel decoration, together with an associated velvet presentation box and key, cuvette signed and numbered, case stamped IR (James Richards)
68 mm. long

Lot Essay

Sold in this saleroom on 15 May 1991 for SFr. 60,000 (Lot 236).

A similar movement by William Anthony is illustrated in La Montre Chinoise by Alfred Chapuis, p. 177.

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