19^th Century Watches

An early 19th Century quarter repeating French verge with polychrome enamel dial in a decorative gold case.   Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Attractive […]

A 19th Century French verge alarm in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Alarm train with small resting barrel, single polished steel hammer striking a bell.  Winding through the white enamel dial, […]

An early 19th Century verge in a rare pearl set case in the form of a lamb.  Small circular 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.  Wound through the restored white enamel […]

A long early 19th Century gold cased watch key with swivel top.  The shaft of the key turning freely within the engraved hexagonal gold body and ball with gilt jump ring.  Engraved repousse gold top supporting a gold oval mount with a bloodstone on one side and agate on the other.

An early 19th Century Swiss crab tooth duplex in a fine large gold and enamel case made for the Chinese market.  Large keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and going barrel, blue steel screws.  Engraved sector cock, garnet endstone in a blue steel setting, blue steel regulator.  Engraved suspended going barrel with […]

A rare early 19th Century mother of pearl set gold and silver musical fruit knife.  Small brass musical mechanism concealed within the handle.  Pin set barrel and seven blue steel tinges.  The music played by moving the small steel slide and releasing it in a similar fashion to a repeating watch.  Gold engine turned handle […]

An early 19th Century quarter repeating French lever in a gold engine turned open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain cock, garnet endstone in polished steel setting, polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Early ratchet tooth escapement with right angle lever.  Push pendant […]

An early 19th Century Swiss verge in a decorative three colour gold case set with turquoise.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Winding through the gold engine turned dial, […]

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge automaton in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, polished steel endstone in a polished steel setting.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pendant quarter repeating on […]

An early 19th Century English verge with painted "Speed the Plough" dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round masked cock, gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial with central polychrome scene of a farmer ploughing his field with […]

A large early 19th Century quarter repeating chronometer by Ganthony in a purpose made silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, barrel under a bridge with blue steel setup ratchet and spring.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, polished steel regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation […]