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A silver pair-cased pocket…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Oct-2024
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Description:
A silver pair-cased pocket watch, maker Simon de Charmes English Circa 1705 4.7 cm diameter, 6.8 cm high, 5.3 cm case diameter. A silver pair-cased pocket watch, maker Simon de Charmes. English Circa 1705. Silver pair-cased watch, outer case and inner box plain, not hallmarked. Long round pendant, circular bow. There is an incused mark on the inside of the box which could be an 8 or two. e's back-to-back, but there is no record of a casemaker's mark which resembles this. Silver champleve dial, Roman hour numerals. Minutes are shown on an outside ring every. five minutes on a raised polished disc with Arabic numerals. Half-hours are marked by a. baton between the hour numerals. Plain matt centre with blued steel beetle and poker hands. Movement is fusee drive, verge escapement. Tulip pillars and ornate fusee stop. Pierced and. chased balance cock, the table winged and decorated with a symmetrical foliate pattern, a. female mask at the end opposite the foot and a shell near the foot. The. foot is squared and then follows the rim of the backplate and is decorated with an. asymmetrical foliate pattern. Signed on the backplate "S. Dechrmes, London". Provenance: Purchased from Lawrence Gould, London for 400 British pounds. Reference: Britten says Simone ( or Simon) de Charmes was a Frenchman exiled after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. He was admitted a brother of the Clockmakers Company (in the early years sometimes extended to aliens) between 1688 and 1730. A number of his watches. and clocks are in various collections including the London Museum, Ilbert Collection and the. Guildhall. Dimensions: 4.7 cm diameter, 6.8 cm high, 5.3 cm case diameter
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob