Royal watch commissioned by King James I fetches nearly £1million

A Royal oval astronomical watch with an engraved portrait of King James I made by David Ramsay around 1618, fetched £ 989,000, almost four times the pre –sale estimates at the Sothbey’s auction in London, but the buyer and seller remained anonymous. The cover is engraved with scenes from poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

The celebration of the English watch with exceptional timepieces from the most important private collection of English pocket watches sold for a combined total of £ 3, 021, 063. Among others were an extremely rare gold two-train quarter striking and quarter repeating pair cased clock watch with regulator aperture around 1712 by Daniel Quare was sold for £185,000