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Brand :
Sam
Model :
Sam autres horlogerie
Category :
Procket Watch
Period :
17th Century
Case material :
Brass
Case form :
Oval
Description :
Lot Description.SAM ASPINWALL. A RARE AND EARLY GILT-BRASS OVAL PRE-HAIRSPRING VERGE WATCH.SIGNED SAM ASPINWALL, CIRCA 1655.Gilt-finished oval verge movement, pierced and engraved balance cock, steel two-armed pre-hairspring balance wheel, worm set-up with blued steel decorative mounts, pierced Egyptian pillars, engraved gilt dial plated with floral scrolls, off-set silvered dial with engraved Roman numerals, single blued steel hand, in oval engraved case with grotesques designs, the front lid with a scene of Artemis at the hunt, the reverse with Asclepius holding his staff, the band further engraved with scrolls and two landscapes, movement signed.57mm wide, 83mm long
