Lot 663 | Pocketwatch

William Ilbery
Pocketwatch.

Origin: London, England.
Date: ca. 1800.
Clockwork: bridge movement, key winding.
Case/Wristband: yellow gold, blue translucid enamel, decorated with floral, diamond roses, dial gold, engraved and guilloched, floral tendril continuously, breguet hand blued.
Total Weight: ca. 158.0 g.
Measurement: 58.0 mm, without stem.
Case-No: 296.
Movement-No: 6296.
Description: Movement typically decorated for the Chinese market, gilded and elaborately ornamentally
engraved, winding and hand setting via key, Chinese duplex escapement, diamond rose as cap
jewel, flat hairspring. Watchmaker William Ilbery/Ilbury active in London 1780-1839.
Introduced the style of the Chinese pocket watch. Rare museum piece! Very good condition for the age and original key. Movement running, in need of revision.
Movement: good condition, slightly scratched and oxidised, in need of revision, functional.
Dial: very good condition, slightly oxidised, original hands.
Case: good condition, slightly oxidised, and scratched, slight traces of wear.

Erratum, modified on 31.05.2021: The descriptions for Lot. 663 and 662 were interchanged at the online catalogue for a short time.