JAMES TREGENT. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MATCHING CHATELAINE

SIGNED JAMES TREGENT, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 1215, CIRCA 1780

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JAMES TREGENT. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING PAIR CASE VERGE WATCH WITH MATCHING CHATELAINE
SIGNED JAMES TREGENT, LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON, NO. 1215, CIRCA 1780
Gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, diamond endstone, push repeat striking on a bell, gilt dust cover, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, finely pierced and engraved inner case with shells and scrolls, the outer case decorated with alternating opaque white and translucent blue enameled patterning, the back centered by a blue enameled classical urn, dial signed, dust cover and movement signed and numbered, with accompanying brass chatelaine with corresponding opaque white and translucent blue enamel decoration
47mm diam. of outer case

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Please note the chatelaine is brass and not 18k pink gold.

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Lot Essay

James Tregent (1759-1808) was a Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company from 1781. He was watchmaker to the Prince of Wales. His brother, Anthony, was an enameller earning Tregent renown in this art. Tregent's first premises were at 35 Strand where he is recorded in 1775. From 1780 he was working at 35 Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square.

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