THE CELEBRATION OF THE
ENGLISH WATCH
PART II: JOHN HARRISON’S ENDURING LEGACY
The Most Important Private Collection of English Watches returns
At Sotheby’s London for the second part in a series of four sales
The 7 July Sale features some of the Finest precision Timekeepers
Of the English Horological Golden Age
On view in our New Bond Street Galleries until 6 July
Following the success of the first part of “Celebration of the English Watch” which saw a record price set for a Renaissance watch, the most important private collection of English watches returns to Sotheby’s London with a sale celebrating the achievements of John Harrison (1693-1776), the man who solved the problem of finding longitude at sea.
The 77 lots on offer feature some of the finest precision timekeepers of the English horological Golden Age, led bythe John Harrison commemorative watch. Made by Harrison’s son in law, John Barton, this pair-cased pocket watch is in a gold case with a wonderful enamel portrait of Harrison by the famous enamellist George Michael Moser (est. £200,000-400,000).