Justin Vulliamy London A RARE AND VERY FINE GOLD PAIR CASED DUMB QUARTER REPEATING CENTRE SECONDS DUPLEX WATCH WITH STOP SLIDE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1804, NO. ZXU, CASES CIRCA 1780 • Movement: gilded full plate, duplex escapement, three-arm balance with gold compensation screws, off-set bi-metallic spiral compensation, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling foliage, repeating on blocks to the inside case back, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, gilt-metal dust cap with aperture to reveal bridge cock, movement signed and numbered Vulliamy, London, zxu • Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, centre seconds, skeletonised heart-shaped hands • Cases: plain gold inner, stop slide to the bezel at 3 o'clock, winding aperture to back • gold outer case chased and engraved with the crest of George Spencer the fourth Duke of Marlborough, outer case with Justin Vulliamy watch paper bordered with equation calendar. diameter of outer case 52.5mm, inner 45mm
Justin Vulliamy London A RARE AND VERY FINE GOLD PAIR CASED DUMB QUARTER REPEATING CENTRE SECONDS DUPLEX WATCH WITH STOP SLIDE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1804, NO. ZXU, CASES CIRCA 1780 • Movement: gilded full plate, duplex escapement, three-arm balance with gold compensation screws, off-set bi-metallic spiral compensation, decoratively pierced balance bridge engraved with scrolling foliage, repeating on blocks to the inside case back, fusee and chain, cylindrical pillars, gilt-metal dust cap with aperture to reveal bridge cock, movement signed and numbered Vulliamy, London, zxu • Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, centre seconds, skeletonised heart-shaped hands • Cases: plain gold inner, stop slide to the bezel at 3 o'clock, winding aperture to back • gold outer case chased and engraved with the crest of George Spencer the fourth Duke of Marlborough, outer case with Justin Vulliamy watch paper bordered with equation calendar. diameter of outer case 52.5mm, inner 45mm
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