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A RARE GILT JAPANESE VERGE WATCH WITH IVORY NETSUKE
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A RARE GILT JAPANESE VERGE WATCH WITH IVORY NETSUKE

UNSIGNED CIRCA 1810

Closed30 November 2011

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HKD 62,500

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A RARE GILT JAPANESE VERGE WATCH WITH IVORY NETSUKE
UNSIGNED CIRCA 1810
Full plate gilt brass verge movement, fusee, pierced and engraved cock, three arm balance, plain gilt brass dial, outer ring with 12 removable numerals, inner ring with 24 segments, single hand, outer rectangular carved satinwood travelling case, together with a carved ivory netsuke, signed Yoshikawa, movement unsigned
Satinwood case 65mm high; Netsuke 49mm high

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US$2,000-3,000

What is interesting to note is that the numerals are removable to this Japanese verge watch. The numerals can be changed with each season to divide the time from sunrise to sunset into 12 equal hours. This interesting device displayed how the hours varied between diurnal and nocturnal time.