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Gregson. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold and pearl-set openface verge watch with glazed display back
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Gregson. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold and pearl-set openface verge watch with glazed display back

SIGNED GREGSON À PARIS, NO. 10'391, CIRCA 1790

Fermé14 November 2011

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Gregson. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold and pearl-set openface verge watch with glazed display back
Signed Gregson à Paris, No. 10'391, circa 1790
Gilt-finished slim verge movement, finely engraved and pierced balance cock, chain fusée, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gilt serpentine hands, circular case, pearl-set bezel and rim, applied chased and engraved scroll decorated floral initials to the glazed crystal back, dial and movement signed
47 mm. diam.

Note du spécialiste

With short length of gold chain, key and fitted leather presentation box.

Of English origin, Pierre Gregson, watchmaker to Louis XVI, enjoyed great popularity in Paris in the late 18th and early 19th century, his watches distinguished by their excellent quality and exquisite case decorations.