An 1882 Patek Philippe lady’s watch UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,000 AT HAMMER
The sale on January 13 by RJ Keighery in Waterford, home of the Irish Museum of Time, will include a lifetime collection of over 300 clocks and watches Among them is a Patek Philippe lady’s watch specifically made for a client in 1882 with its original receipt (€2,000-€4,000), a Waterford c1770 longcase clock by Thomas Cahill (€2,000-€3,000), a triple fusee bracket clock (€1,000-€1,500) and longcase clocks made in Dublin, Kilkenny, Antrim, Leeds, Lewes and elsewhere.
There are wall clocks, bracket clocks, mantle clocks, Vienna clocks and even a Black Forest mid 19th century cuckoo and quail clock with its original weights (€300-€500).
The sale will feature over 80 original and once very familiar enamel signs redolent of bygone days advertising everything from Murphy’s Cork Stout and Porter to Fry’s Cocoa, Player’s Please, Will’s Woodbine and St. Bruno Flake. A vintage Thomas Edison phonograph with a cylinder is estimated at €400-€600.