keyless wind three-quarter plate English lever movement signed for the retailer 'Hamilton & Co. / LONDON & Calcutta', white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, hunting cased, the cover with basse-taille enamel in three colours of the intertwined initials GRB, gold cuvette inscribed 'From his / Father and Mother / on attaining his majority', numbered to dial, cover, back, cuvette and movement '12904', 18 carat gold hallmarked for Alfred Fridlander, London, 1889, 4.7cm diameter; together with a gilt-metal Albert chain (2)
Provenance: George Remfry Brookes (1868-1929), born in Simla, India and given the watch by his parents for his 21st birthday; thence by family descent to the vendor. See following lot for his wife's watch.
Sold for £2,000
keyless wind three-quarter plate English lever movement signed for the retailer 'Hamilton & Co. / LONDON & Calcutta', white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, hunting cased, the cover with basse-taille enamel in three colours of the intertwined initials GRB, gold cuvette inscribed 'From his / Father and Mother / on attaining his majority', numbered to dial, cover, back, cuvette and movement '12904', 18 carat gold hallmarked for Alfred Fridlander, London, 1889, 4.7cm diameter; together with a gilt-metal Albert chain (2)
Provenance: George Remfry Brookes (1868-1929), born in Simla, India and given the watch by his parents for his 21st birthday; thence by family descent to the vendor. See following lot for his wife's watch.
Auction: European Works of Art, 24th May, 2023