91st Auction

2015/5/16

Lot 593

Gibson, Royal Exchange, London, Movement No. 1421, Case No. 1421, 57 mm, 155 g, circa 1820
A gentleman's heavy pocket watch with musical movement
Case: 18k gold, engine-turned, reeded band, numbered and signed gold dome, lever for activating the musical movement at "11", lever for stopping the musical movement at "1", case maker's punch mark "CM" (Charles Muston, Clerkenwell). Dial: gold, frosted, engine-turned centre, applied radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds, gold spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, frosted, gilt, 2 going barrels, sur plateau musical movement with pinned disc and 26 blued steel vibrating blades, cylinder escapement, three-arm ring balance.

Sold

estimated
5.5006.500 €
Price realized
6.900 €