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| Index No. A5422 | Single Handed Verge Watch |
| A late 17th Century Swiss single handed verge with silver champleve dial silver repousse pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with broad Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock, the mask placed in the centre of the table, broad pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman numerals, the chapter marked in quarter hours, single blue steel tulip hand. Silver pair cases, plain silver inner with ring pendant and bow, split bezel, maker's mark "M" in a rectangle. Purpose made silver repousse outer case depicting figures within a rococo border and signed "Cochin" at the lower edge. | ||
| Signed | Quare - London - 1025 | |
| Condition | Circa | 1695 |
| Case | Excellent, the winding aperture on the inner reduced and a little wear to the engraving on the outer. | ||
| Dial | Excellent. | Diameter | 54 mm |
| Movement | Excellent. | Depth | 19 mm |
| An interesting high quality Swiss fake of a London made watch. Quare was one of the English makers of the period who were highly regarded on the continent and whose name was sometimes used. Most of the movements bearing a false name are of poor quality, particularly those of Dutch origin. This example is of almost the same high standard as the London made contemporary only revealing its Swiss make in the decorative detail. The pillars, although attractive, are very broad; the "Q" in the signature is hidden by the foot of the cock (although this might occur on any watch); the potence to the crown wheel is fixed by a screw; the mask is set in the middle of the cock (a particularly Swiss feature almost never found on an English watch). The outer repousse case is a good example made by Cochin who worked in Geneva from about 1730 and indicated the watch was still in Switzerland when it was made for the watch. |
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