Thomas Tompion London A FINE AND RARE GOLD PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH WITH EARLY APPLICATION OF THE BALANCE SPRING IN LATER CASE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1682, CASE 1717, NO. .86. • Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decorative floral engraved balance cock and foot, steel three-arm balance with early hairspring, silver regulator plate, mainspring set-up between the plates, fusee and chain, tulip pillars • signed Tho. Tompion, London and numbered 19.86 and numbered .86 beneath the dial • Dial: later gold champlevé, Roman numerals, half hour divisions beneath, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands • signed Tompion London • Case: later gold cases, plain gold inner case hallmarked 1717, gold outer case with square hinge and narrow neck, case back with engraved monogram beneath a coronet, both cases with maker’s mark WI for William Jaques width 54.5 mm
Thomas Tompion London A FINE AND RARE GOLD PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH WITH EARLY APPLICATION OF THE BALANCE SPRING IN LATER CASE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1682, CASE 1717, NO. .86. • Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decorative floral engraved balance cock and foot, steel three-arm balance with early hairspring, silver regulator plate, mainspring set-up between the plates, fusee and chain, tulip pillars • signed Tho. Tompion, London and numbered 19.86 and numbered .86 beneath the dial • Dial: later gold champlevé, Roman numerals, half hour divisions beneath, outer Arabic minute ring, blued steel beetle and poker hands • signed Tompion London • Case: later gold cases, plain gold inner case hallmarked 1717, gold outer case with square hinge and narrow neck, case back with engraved monogram beneath a coronet, both cases with maker’s mark WI for William Jaques width 54.5 mm
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