JOHN KENEBEL, FRITH STREET, SOHO, LONDON
FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL, PEARL-SET, EGLOMIZED GLASS, MANUALLY-WOUND CENTER SECONDS POCKET WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET CIRCA 1790
Gilt brass movement, Gregson type calibre, entirely engraved and pierced plate, cylinder escapement, plain five-arm steel balance, blued-steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic quarter numerals, gold arrow hands, bezels set with half pearls, the enameled pendant also set with matching half pearls, concealed hinges, gilt glazed cuvette mounted to the movement ring, reverse with a blue translucent enamel over engine-turning and a finely painted on enamel pastoral scene of a young flautist serenading a shepherdess in the countryside, movement signed
Diameter: 58 mm.
JOHN KENEBEL, FRITH STREET, SOHO, LONDON
FINE AND RARE GOLD AND ENAMEL, PEARL-SET, EGLOMIZED GLASS, MANUALLY-WOUND CENTER SECONDS POCKET WATCH, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET CIRCA 1790
Gilt brass movement, Gregson type calibre, entirely engraved and pierced plate, cylinder escapement, plain five-arm steel balance, blued-steel flat balance spring, diamond endstone, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic quarter numerals, gold arrow hands, bezels set with half pearls, the enameled pendant also set with matching half pearls, concealed hinges, gilt glazed cuvette mounted to the movement ring, reverse with a blue translucent enamel over engine-turning and a finely painted on enamel pastoral scene of a young flautist serenading a shepherdess in the countryside, movement signed
Diameter: 58 mm.
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