19th Century Watches

A rare 19^th Century English pull wind duplex in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement. Suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Duplex escapement.  Silver dial with radial engine turning, subsidiary seconds offset at three o’clock, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Slim 18 carat open face case, engine turned middle and back with vacant circular cartouche.  Gold pendant with a flat gold cap on top of a polished steel shaft. Pulling this out winds the barrel arbor about a sixth of a turn.  Hands set through the plain gold cuvette, additional small hole for the winding square.  To wind the watch with a key would require opening the cuvette, maker’s mark “PM”.

A 19^th Century English spring detent chronometer with resilient stud in a gold open face case.  Gilt half plate keywind movement, the train with six spoke crossings.  Fusee and chain, Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone in a blue steel setting, compensation balance.  The blue steel spiral hairspring fixed by a polished steel resilient stud screws to the plate on a small gilt block. Earnshaw type spring detent escapement (detent foot repaired), escape pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Plain 18 carat open face drum shaped case with engine turned middle, maker’s mark “LC” in an oval.