Thomas (1825) Vernon Sold at Auction Prices

Thomas Vernon Pair-case pocket watch, quarter-repeater, matching chatelaine, “Chinoiserie”-style décor; 22K yellow gold and enamel

22K yellow gold and enamel, pair-cased open-face, key-winding, roundshaped, “Consular” pocket watch with one horological complication: • Quarter-repeater on one bell by two hammers (activated by depressing the pendant) Outer case, pierced and engraved, decorated with a scene in “Chinoiserie”-style depicting a pagoda, peacock, fox and rabbits, partly overlaid (flinqué translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) with transparent Imperial blue enamel; large lateral hinge. Inner case, pierced and engraved, decorated with foliate inhabited by birds and dolphins; gold push pendant; steel pulse piece to silence the bell; case-maker’s mark “D·A” (David Aveline, London). White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals for the hours and radial Arabic numerals for the minutes; gilded pierced hands. Movement 14’’’, full plate, fire gilded brass, turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic three-arm balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded English cock with mascaron, diamond end-stone in a blued steel setting, pierced and engraved gilded foot and plate for the silver regulator disc; repeater work. Contemporary matching solid gold and enamel chatelaine; gold clip supporting three gold and enamel shield shaped cartouches; two further gold and enamel chain join to the watch buckle and two shorter chains with broad gold and enamel rings; hinged clasps secured by threaded collars. Caliber: 6’’’, verge escapement Accesories: Signed: movement Low Est HKD: 240000 High Est HKD: 250000 Low Est CHF: 29200 High Est CHF: 30500 Low Est USD: 31000 High Est USD: 32300