Gold Split Seconds Swiss Lever

Gold and Enamel Pocket Watch with Rare Ballooning Scene

A small French verge in a gold and enamel consular case with rare ballooning scene. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Round pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Small 18 carat gold consular case with a polychrome enamel scene on the back of a balloon over an Alpine lake.

A rare subject decorating a watch case. The first manned balloon flight took place in Paris, 1783

Circa 1790

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Gold Champleve Dial Calendar Verge

A fine early 18^th Century English calendar verge with gold champleve dial in gold pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement, Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed gold champleve dial, small circular aperture below the centre to reveal the date. Roman and Arabic numerals, tulip and poker hands. Matching plain gold pair cases, inner with split pendant and circular shutter to the winding aperture, gold pendant and bow engraved with initials. Plaiin gold outer case with seven joint hinge, maker's mark “W.I” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A fine example of a gold champleve dial verge with the added feature of a calendar which is not commonly found on English watches. John Bushman, free of the Clockmakers Company1692-1725. The casemaker's mark is for William Jaques.

Hallmarked London 1709

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Gold Half Hunter Chronograph by Nicole Nielsen

A fine 19^th Century English lever chronograph by Nicole Nielsen in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement, going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph and subsidiary for continuous seconds at 9 o'clock. Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Engine turned 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Clip on back, maker's mark “AN” in a rectangle. number corresponding to that on the movement.

Dent often retailed watches from other makers. Nicole Nielsen manufactured for many of the eminent watchmaking firms in the second half of the 19th Century. Some were also retailed in other countries such as Australia and America, Tiffanys being one of their principal customers. Adolphe Nicole took out the patent for keyless winding in 1844..

Hallmarked London 1874

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A8512

£1,425.00

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A8512

Gold Split Seconds Swiss Lever

£1,425.00

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