Cooke & Kelvey. An impressive and unusual 18K gold and diamond-set quarter and five minute repeating keyless lever watch, made for the Indian market

SIGNED COOKE & KELVEY, CALCUTTA, NO. 107'648, CIRCA 1880

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Cooke & Kelvey. An impressive and unusual 18K gold and diamond-set quarter and five minute repeating keyless lever watch, made for the Indian market
Signed Cooke & Kelvey, Calcutta, No. 107'648, circa 1880
Three quarter plate mechanical jewelled keyless lever movement, quarter and five minute repeating on two steel hammers, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, finely chased, engraved and diamond-set scroll and foliage decorated circular case, repeating slide in the band, cuvette signed
52 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The present watch and its sumptuously decorated case is a fine example for a timepiece made for the Indian market. A further noteworthy feature is the unusual repeating mechanism, striking the quarter hours and five minutes passed as opposed to the more common quarter hours and minutes.

Cooke & Kelvey was founded in Calcutta in 1857 and specialized in the retail of fine timepieces for the Indian Market, generally fitted with Swiss movements, often supplied by eminent makers such as Audemars Piguet.

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