Gold American Lever Pocket Watch

An 18^th Century verge by Windmills in gold pair case set with a cornelian. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain gilt balance, silver regulator disc. Fine white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain gold inner case, gold pendant and stirrup bow, number corresponding to that on the movement. Gold outer case, the back set with a cabochon cornelian stone.

In excellent overall condition. Close inspection shows that the dial is that originally fitted rather than a replacement for a champleve one. It is a fine early example. Thomas Windmills, son of Joseph. Apprenticed 1686, free of the clockmakers Company 1695 and Master 1719 – 32

Hallmarked London 1730

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Gilt English Verge Pair Case

A mid 18^th Century English verge in gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, steel square regulator, the index pointer lacking. Fusee and chain, worm and wheel barrel setup replaced by a brass click and spring. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Gilt metal pair cases, long gilt pendant and bow, maker's mark “SP” in a rectangle.

Circa 1760

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Gold Keyless Fusee by Kullberg

A late 19^th Century English keyless reverse fusee freesprung lever with power reserve by Victor Kullberg in a gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance with quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, including the fusee, the escape wheel and lever under a bridge, their pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover. Winding and set apertures to the plain gold cuvette. Maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

The Army and Navy stores retailed watches from their store in Westminster predominantly sourcing them from high quality English watchmakers of the period. This example was supplied by Victor Kullberg, recorded in their workbooks as being suppled on May 18th 1882. In excellent overall condition

Hallmarked London 1881

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A9814

Gold American Lever Pocket Watch

£475.00

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A9814

Gold American Lever Pocket Watch

£475.00

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