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20th Century Watches

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Silver Deck Watch by Ulysse Nardin

A mid 20th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch by Ulysse Nardin in a mahogany deck box. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, the centre seconds transfer wheel above. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Heavy compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Signed and numbered white enamel dial, centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Silver open face case, glassless bezel, plain screw back with serrated edge, Nardin’s makers mark. Mahogany deck box, circular disc on the lid engraved with the Ministry arrow and “C^W Nardin” and the serial number of the watch. Brass bowl with glazed screw bezel. Inside the top lid a paper slip from F Smith & Son, Southampton indicating the watch was cleaned in May 1972.

Circa 1940

£1,400.00 Add to cart
Rare Zenith Deck Watch with Decimal Dial

A mid 20^th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch with rare decimal dial in a stainless steel case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless going barrel movement with centre seconds transfer work above. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Unusual white centre seconds dial. The longest blue steel hand rotates once a minute indicating on the outer ring marked in bold black Arabic numerals 1 – 10, the chapter divided into one hundred divisions. Within this the minutes marked in red to 60 and a smaller chapter for the hours marked to twelve in black. Blue steel hands for the seconds and hours, a red hand for the minutes. Plain stainless steel open face case with screw back and bezel, marked “Staybrite – Swiss Made” and the Zenith logo below. The back marked with the broad Ministry arrow, stores and serial numbers. “H.S.3” has been struck through with two lines.

Circa 1940

£2,200.00 Add to cart
Hamilton Model 22 Marine Chronometer

A mid 20^th Century American 56 hour Model 22 lever marine chronometer in a gimbaled mahogany box. Damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, uncut balance employing quarter timing nuts, overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Small turned brass bowl with knurled screw bezel, Brass crown for mind and set. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism, brass ratchet key bearing the serial number. Three tier mahogany box, inside the middle tier a rectangular plate detailing instructions on how to use the watch and set the hands. The weighted brass screw base engraved “MTD Watch – Bureau of Ship – US Navy – N5709-1942”. The serial number repeated on the bowl and bezel.

Circa 1942

£1,200.00 Read more
Gold Dress Watch and Fob

A 20^th Century Swiss lever 9 carat Swiss lever dress watch and Unusual three colour gold fob. Small 21 jewel circular nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, shockproof jewelling, uncut balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed dial with narrow batons, gilt hands. Slim plain 9 carat open face case with clip on back and bezel, maker’s mark “ECW” in a rectangle. Unusual mesh fob with alternating bands of three colour 9 carat gold.

Hallmarked London 1959

£1,350.00 Add to cart
Bezel Wound Marine Chronometer

An unusual mid 20^th Century bezel wound Swiss lever two day marine chronometer in a brass bound mahogany box. Spotted gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with large going barrel. Unusual construction with a substantial steel winding wheel attached to the centre of the bowl housing the movement. This bowl is free to rotate around the movement aided by five sprung ball bearings at its edge. Subsidiary platform for the escapement, plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed silvered brass dial, subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication. Large Arabic numerals for the hours one to twelve and small numerals in the minute ring for thirteen to twenty four, blue steel hands. Plain brass bezel which is turned to wind the clock. This bezel is raised and turned to adjust the hands. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism. Two tier brass bound mahogany box with shallow top lid.

Circa 1960

£1,750.00 Add to cart
Gold Dress Watch by Longines

A 20^th Century Swiss lever 14 carat gold dress watch. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold batons, gilt hands. Plain 14 carat open face case with clip on bezel and back marked “Longines – Wittnauer – Star W C Co.”

Circa 1967

£2,100.00 Add to cart
Slim Gold Swiss Lever

A late 20^th Century Swiss lever in a decorative gold open face case. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with shockproof jewelling, steel regulator, plain three arm balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed decorative gold dial with black Roman numerals, black painted serpentine hands. Decorative slim 18 carat open face case, coin edge middle, clip on back and bezel, maker’s mark “Moeris”

Circa 1975

£1,800.00 Add to cart
Set of Timing Chronographs

A set of three centre seconds flyback chronograph timers on a dashboard mount. The three movements of broadly similar construction with nickle plates, plain steel balances with spiral hairsprings and shockproof jewelling. The centre chronograph with a club foot lever escapement. The others with pin pallet. All function in the same way. Depressing the winding crown either starts or stops the watch. Depressing the button at 11 o’clock returns the hands to zero. The centre chronograph’s black hand rotates once a minute, the dial being marked in one hundredths of a minute. The smaller red hand with red Arabic numerals records for sixty minutes. The right hand chronograph is conventionally marked with a subsidiary for thirty minute record. The left hand chronograph’s hand rotates twice every minute. The dial is marked in black Arabic numerals up to thirty seconds and in red of thirty two to sixty seconds. Chromed metal cases with flat grains backs, black plastic crowns and return buttons. Three strong retaining springs are mounted on a substantial chromed plate with screw holes at the corners.

Circa 1995

£975.00 Add to cart
Glass Display Dome

A simple glass display dome with solid glass knob and hook to hang a watch.

2010

£60.00 Read more