22nd May, 2025 11:00
Jewellery & Watches
501
GOLD, ENAMEL AND SPLIT PEARL POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1790
full plate gilt verge fusee movement with pierced balance bridge, signed 'W.H. Nugent / Dublin / No.140', white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and winding aperture between three and four o'clock, consular type case with sprung front released under hinged bow, pearl set bezels to either side, the reverse with an inner border of white pellet enamels and a field of deep red translucent enamel on an engine-turned ground, with associated key, case 43mm diameter
Walter Henry Nugent (watchmaker) is recorded at 42 South King Street, North Side, Dublin in 1784 (Douglas Bennett, 'Irish Georgian Silver', London, 1972, p.321)
Sold for £1,700
full plate gilt verge fusee movement with pierced balance bridge, signed 'W.H. Nugent / Dublin / No.140', white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and winding aperture between three and four o'clock, consular type case with sprung front released under hinged bow, pearl set bezels to either side, the reverse with an inner border of white pellet enamels and a field of deep red translucent enamel on an engine-turned ground, with associated key, case 43mm diameter
Walter Henry Nugent (watchmaker) is recorded at 42 South King Street, North Side, Dublin in 1784 (Douglas Bennett, 'Irish Georgian Silver', London, 1972, p.321)
Auction: Jewellery & Watches, 22nd May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Summer Jewellery & Watches auction is one of our biannual live sales offering antique and modern jewellery and watches. Designers include Cartier, Tiffany & Co, Piaget, Ilias Lalaounis, Boodles, Garrards and McCabe McCarty who supplied jewellery to Cartier London, Asprey and Garrards during the 1970s and 80s. The watches include a Rolex Day-Date, GMT Master II and Submariner as well as examples by IWC, Tag Heur, Breitling, Omega, Bremont as well as a gold pocket watch by Patek Philippe.
Highlights in the jewellery sale include a rare Victorian gothic revival guard chain by Louis Wiese, 1890s, an Italian acrostic gold necklace from the descendants of Pocahontas, 1890s, a Cartier London natural pearl and diamond necklace, 1920s and a rare ‘Queen Anne’ aquamarine paste necklace from the 1750s.
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Sunday 18th May 12pm - 4pm
Monday 19th May 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 20th May 10am - 5pm
