The Celebration Of The English Watch - Part 1 David Ramsay and the first Clockmaker’s Court

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Lot 91
  • 91

Jump, London

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE PLATINUM AND GOLD OPEN-FACED WATCH WITH MOON-PHASES AND DATE1904, NO. M.X.E.J.
  • platinum and gold
  • diameter 50 mm
• half-plate movement, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance • silver engine-turned dial, chapter ring with circular satin finish and black enamel Roman numerals, outer perlé minute track, large aperture above 12 o'clock for moon-phases and small sector for date on a gold disc at 6 o'clock, gold moon hands • gold engine-turned case with bayonet fit back, the back turning to reveal the female winding square, platinum engine-turned band, gold engine-turned bezel, with gold double link Breguet style chain and ratchet key for winding, adjusting moon and date apertures, opposite female square for hand setting • movement signed and with coded number m.x.e.j., further numbered 4311, dial signed

Literature

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, p. 442, pl. 286

Catalogue Note

Huyton Richard Jump worked for Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy until Vulliamy's death in 1854.  In 1855, he, along with his sons Joseph and Alfred,  established Jump & Sons, as a successor to Vulliamy at 1a Old Bond Street, London.