Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Jewellery, Silver and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 070
About this Item
London, England
18ct gold open face keyless lever pocket watch, Baume & Co, AB, London 1902
the gilt lever movement numbered 13138 with bi-metallic compensation balance, the three-quarter plate engraved Baume & Co, London made. Holders of the Record at the Royal Observatory, Kew, Manufactured for H.F. Seale, Cape Town, the gold cuvette engraved Presented to H.R. Ga*** by his Monastery Friends as a token of appreciation on his birthday, Sept. 18th 1902, the enamel dial inscribed H.F SEALE, with black roman numerals and outer five minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial, blued-steel hands, diameter approximately 47mm