£2,300
John Gordon. Gold repousse quarter repeating pair cased verge watch, signed to the back plate and to the inner dust cover, the later engine turned gold dial with blued steel hands, the inner case with a pierced and engraved band, the outer case pierced with scroll work, the centre with a scene from classical mythology, 50mm diameter
Provenance - The Francis Payne Collection of Pocket Watches
Francis Payne was a successful consulting and mining engineer working out of London offices in the early years of the last Century. His collection was formed mainly between 1910 – 1930, the result of what he considered to be his ‘Favourite Recreation, He developed contacts with various leading retailers and Auction Houses at the time. Several pieces offered here retain original invoices from Louis Desoutter, who also carried out some repairs. There are also interesting original invoices and letters from Breguet and others.
The collection has remained in the Payne family ever since and none of these watches will have been seen on the open market in recent times
Outer case with slight wear but generally good for its age, the inner case similar, the dial with slight areas of wear, balance swings, repeat mechanism operating but sticky.
50mm is the diameter of the pair case. There are no marks to the pair case.
Not hallmarked but we are confident this is gold
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