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SWISS. A FINE ROYAL 18K GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET HUNTER CASE ROYAL PRESENTATION WATCH WITH MATCHING CHAIN
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SWISS. A FINE ROYAL 18K GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET HUNTER CASE ROYAL PRESENTATION WATCH WITH MATCHING CHAIN

Unsigned, no. 1118, circa 1880

Fermé10 May 2021

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SWISS. A FINE ROYAL 18K GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET HUNTER CASE ROYAL PRESENTATION WATCH WITH MATCHING CHAIN
Unsigned, no. 1118, circa 1880
Movement: Manual, gilt brass, cylinder escapement
Dial: Engine-turned silver
Case: Gold cuvette, engine-turned front cover, inside with engraved commemorative inscription 1838-1886, aan J.W. Schuurman, ter Herinnering aangeboden door Z.K.H. Prins Frederik Der Nederlanden, chased and engraved floral and foliage decorated rims, back cover decorated with blue guilloché enamel, rose-cut diamond-set rim surmounted by diamond-set trelliswork, flower basket and laurel wreaths, 57 mm. diam.
With: Matching gold and enamel chain, 64 cm. long

Note du spécialiste

The inside back cover of this attractive pendant watch bears the engraved commemorative inscription “1838-1885, aan J.W. Schuurman, ter Herinnering aangeboden door Z.K.H. Prins Frederik Der Nederlanden” (to J.W. Schuurman, presented as a souvenir by HRH Prince Frederik of the Netherlands", indicating that it was a gift from Prince Frederik der Nederlanden, the son of King Willem I der Nederlanden, to Johan Willem Schuurman.

Between 1872 and 1885, Schuurman was a Councelor at the Supreme Court in The Hague. He was given the watch in 1885 as a memory to this period.

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