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Gold and Enamel Cylinder
A late 18th Century French cylinder an a fine gold and enamel case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain sector cock with polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Fine slim gold and enamel open face case, the sprung back opened by depressing a small button in the pendant. Gold bezels of translucent dark blue enamel over and engine turned ground with gilt decoration between slender bands of white enamel. The gold back covered with translucent light blue enamel over a decorative engine turned ground. Wound and set through the sprung signed gilt cuvette.
An attractive watch in excellent overall condition. Pierre Gregson 1778 – 1790, Englishman, Clockmaker to the King. His watches feature in a number of museumsCirca 1785£3,950.00 Read more -
Rare Ballooning Scene Three Colour Gold Verge
A late 18th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case depicting an early 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. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands. Rare three colour gold consular case, applied engraved gold decoration to the back depicting two figure in classical garden waving to a balloon in the sky. Bezels with applied gold foliate decoration.
Circa 1785£3,200.00 Read more -
Large Champleve Dial Verge Coachwatch
An unusually large late 18th Century English verge with champleve dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement, Egyptian pillars with galleries above. Large pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc marked with Turkish numerals. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Unusual large silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the minute numerals also indicate the quarters. border of engraved decoration, the centre with repousse figures, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Large matching silver pair cases, the bezels on the outer decoratively engraved, silver pendant and bow.
An unusual watch in excellent overall condition. Markwick Markham made many watches for the Turkish market. The regulator dial with Turkish markings shows that this watch was also exported but supplied with a standard dialHallmarked London 1786£8,500.00 Read more -
Silver Polychrome Dial Pair Case Pocket Watch
An 18th Century English verge with polychrome scene in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Unusual cock pierced and engraved in a delicate radial pattern, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex enamel dial, central white chapter of Roman and Arabic numerals around which a polychrome enamel scene depicting hounds chasing a hare held by a man on the left carrying a hunting horn. Fine small blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TD” in a rectangle.
In excellent overall conditionHallmarked London 1786£1,375.00 Read more -
English Cylinder with Chinese Market Interest
A late 18th Century English cylinder in gilt metal pair cases bearing a dedication from the maker. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with square baluster pillars. High count train, the wheels with six spoke crossings. Pierced and engraved cock with large diamond endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder with banking pin set in the lower plug, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gold arrow hands. Gilt metal pair cases. The inner bearing an engraved dated dedication on the back from the maker in Latin; “Timotheo Williamlon – Dono Dedit – Gulielmus Hughes – MDCCLXXXVI – Sis licet felix, et memernestri,Vivas”. Number corresponding to that on the movement. Fitted in a plain gilt outer with a monogram on the back.
The dedication engraved on the inner case indicates the watch was given by one watchmaker to another. Both watchmakers have very similar seven line entries in Baillie's. It shows they both sold automaton clocks and watches in China in the late 18th Century. William Hughes sold a pair of bloodstone boxes with watches, Timothy Williams sold a pair of agate flasks. Undoubtedly the two men would have had many common contacts within the trade as they produced very similar items and exported them to China. The gift of a watch to a watchmaker appears to be a strange choice but does perhaps explain the excellence of its execution. William Hughes, High Holborn, free of the Clockmakers Company 1781 – 94. Fine musical automaton watch in the Webster collection amongst other watches made for China. Timothy Williamson, another eminent watchmaker who produced complex clocks and watches for the Chinese market. See the large centre seconds clockwatch by him, item A10437. A high quality movement of similar construction to chronometers of the period. In addition to the high count train the endstones are in blind brass settings and the minute wheel has a large polished steel pinion with steel arbor.Circa 1786£2,350.00 Read more -
Silver Pair Cased Verge with Named Dial
A late 18th Century English verge, the dial bearing the name of the first owner, in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial, the original owners name “JAMES PEPPER” replacing the numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TC” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Hallmarked London 1786£995.00 Read more -
Silver Pair Cased Verge Pocket Watch by Dwerrihouse
A late 18th Century verge by Dwerrihouse in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, number corresponding to that on the movement. Maker's mark “TH” in a rectangle, the inner also marked “I.D” for John Dwerrihouse.
In excellent overall condition. John Dwerrihouse, free of the Clockmakers Company 1781 – 1805. He later formed the partnership Dwerrihouse and CarterHallmarked London 1787£680.00 Read more -
Gold Centre Seconds Cylinder Repeater
A rare late 18th Century English half quarter repeating centre seconds cylinder by Mudge and Dutton in gold pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed gilt dust cover. Pierced and engraved masked cock with diamond endstone, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm polished steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant dumb half quarter repeating on two polished steel blocks in the case. Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel. Lateral steel stop lever. White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, polished steel seconds hand, gold beetle and poker hands. Plain gold pair cases, gold pendant and bow, inner with maker's mark “ITP”. Purpose made outer case hallmarked London 1804, maker's mark “IM”. Large gold oval key set with a glass.
A fine late example of a watch by Thomas Mudge and William Dutton who worked until 1790. It is interesting to note that the casemakers mark of John Terrill Pain (7 Dean Street after October 1776) has been overstruck by the smaller mark “IM” found on the outerHallmarked London 1787£11,250.00 Read more -
Silver Regulator Dial English Verge
A late 18th Century English verge with regulator dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Regulator style white enamel dial with central blue steel poker hand for the minutes, Arabic numerals. Small subsidiary for hours at twelve with Roman numerals and subsidiary for seconds below. Matching plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “TG”. Lateral steel lever t stop the watch acting on the contrate wheel.
Hallmarked London 1787£1,200.00 Read more -
Gold Pair Cased Half Quarter Repeating Cylinder
A fine late 18th Century English half quarter repeating cylinder in gold pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the diamond endstone and regulator. Pierced and engraved cock of unusual radial design, large diamond endstone on a blue steel setting. Silver regulator disc on an engraved gilt plate. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Push pendant half quarter repeating on a bell in the case. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gold arrow hands. Matching gold pair cases decoratively engraved and pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly. Gold push pendant and bow. Gold outer case with a navette shaped cartouche engraved with a small monogram and family crest. Sprung bezel opened by pressing a pin recessed in the edge, rare concealed hinge, maker's mark “IR”
A fine late 18th Century English repeater in excellent overall conditionHallmarked London 1788£10,200.00 Read more -
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, 1783Circa 1790£5,750.00 Read more -
Very Rare Double Wheel Debaufre
A very rare late 18th Century French double wheel debaufre escapement with pirouette in a silver gilt open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, polished steel Geneva stopwork. Harrison's maintaining power. Large engraved sector cock, polished steel regulator. Very large plain five arm steel balance beating seconds, blue steel spiral hairspring. The escapement and balance connect by a wheel and pinion pirouette. Very rare form of Debaufre escapement with two escape wheels, each with four teeth mounted on a pinion facing each other with the staff of the pirouette between them. These act alternately on a polished steel disc carried on the arbor of the mock pendulum. Signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, small chapter of Arabic numerals at twelve o'clock, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands. At the lower edge of the dial a glazed circular aperture revealing a mock pendulum moving in time with the balance. Engine turned silver gilt open face case hallmarked London 1828. Ribbed middle, reeded pendant and bow. In a gilt tooled red morocco case from Camerer Cuss & Co, 56 New Oxford Street. Their book was first published in 1967.
A very rare escapement combined with other interesting features. This watch is shown on pages 208 and 209 of the Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches. The book notes that the case is Swiss, the hallmarks having been applied when the watch was imported into England. The plate is engraved “I H London”, perhaps the importer. The debaufre escapement is also known as a chaffcutter, Ormskirk or club footed verge. It was the first frictional rest escapement invented by Debaufre in 1704. Rarely used until it was taken up by Lancashire makers early in the 19th Century. The doubled wheeled variation is the first we have seen. Dubois et Fils, Paris 1770 – 1800, centre seconds pirouette watch movement in the Guildhall MuseumCirca 1790£19,000.00Original price was: £19,000.00.£17,000.00Current price is: £17,000.00. Read more
