English 18th century gilt metal and tortoiseshell pair cased...

Hammer

£340

English 18th century gilt metal and tortoiseshell pair cased verge pocket watch, the fusee movement signed Jon. Pyke, London, no. 1998, with pierced engraved balance cock, gilt three arm balance, silvered regulating disc and square baluster pillars, enamel dial with Roman numerals and minute track with five minute divisions, beetle and poker hands, bullseye glass.  plain inner case with winding hole and tortoiseshell outer case with pinwork decoration, 50mm
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** John Pyke (Grays Inn), circa 1747-1780 

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Movement - currently functioning.
Dial - hairline to the centre and four and six positions.
Glass - light surface marks.
Hands - some mild surface wear.
Case - inner case with some tarnishing, solder inside the inner case at the stem, stem possibly a replacement, outer case with cracks, some loss to the tortoiseshell and pinwork.
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