Charles CABRIER, Londres Lot n° 1

Small two-case onion watch with striking mechanism in yellow gold (750). White enamel dial, unsigned, hour markers with Roman numerals, black scale and Arabic numerals for minutes. Retard-Advance setting at 8 o'clock. Mechanical movement with key winding, fusee and chain. Sheathed pillars. Locking plate signed "CABRIER, London". Attractive openwork cock engraved with bird-head scrolls and man-head clasp. Removable silver movement cover (min. 800) with fluted engraved decoration, marked "London". Iron locking blade. First case with openwork profile of leafy interlacing and ironwork with chimera and phoenix heads, and two cartouches with engraved hamlet landscape or man's head; its plain bottom edged with alternating stylized lambrequins and shells. Inside, metal bowl stamp. Second case with repoussé decoration of the Lovers of Mars and Venus in a rocaille cartouche with flowers, the caseband openworked with foliate scrolls. England, mid 18th century, circa 1740-1750. Gross weight (watch with first case): 72 g. - Gross weight (second case, without velvet): 20.7 g. - Gross weight (silver lid): 5.7 g. - Diameter: 40 mm. Chips and small flakes around the edge of the dial; missing bezel, some wear and small bumps, scratches on the caseback; oxidation on the iron parts; movement appears blocked.