Jewellery - 26th January 2017
Lot 1654
An 18ct gold open-faced stem-wind quarter repeater pocket watch by Dent
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600
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Description
An 18ct gold open-faced stem-wind quarter repeater pocket watch by Dent, the signed white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. Engine-turned decoration and crest to the case back. Slide quarter repeating, with gold slide to milled band. 3/4 plate movement with Nicole patent winding work and signed E.J. Dent, Watchmaker to the Queen and Patent, London No. 10905. London marks for 1846 and maker's initials AN for Adolphe Nicole. 5.0cm wide.
Nicole Nielsen manufactured for many of the major watchmaking firms of the late 19th century, including Dent. Adolphe Nicole took out the patent for keyless winding in 1844, and this watch is a very early example. Repeating pocket watches by Nicole Nielsen are uncommon.