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Irish Silver Pair Cased Verge

A late 18^th Century Irish verge in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic numerals at the quarters, fine gold cathedral hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “JB”. The inner case with unusual recessed shutter to the winding aperture.

Hallmarked Dublin 1794

£950.00 Read more
Silver Pair Cased Doctor’s Dial Verge

A large late 18^th Century English verge with doctor’s dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement, pierced and engraved cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel to stop the watch. Flat white enamel dial with large subsidiary for seconds intersecting the chapter of Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes. Fine gold arrow hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark "WB".

Hallmarked London 1794

£995.00 Read more
Triple Cased Gold and Enamel Turkish Market Watch

A fine late 18^th Century triple cased gold and enamel watch made for the Turkish market. Small full plate fire gilt movement, the gilt dust ring engraved “Converted by T Martin & Co – 151 Regent St.”. Pierced and engraved cock with garnet endstone, silver regulator disc with Turkish markings. Fusee and chain with Harrison's maintaining power, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, gold hands. Very fine gold and enamel pair cases and protective outer. Gold and enamel inner case, the back with floral decoration over an engine turned ground within a scalloped frame of red and white enamel. The edge of the inner case decorated with red and blue champleve enamel, gold pendant with rings of red and white enamel, gold bow. The gold outer case with similar floral enamel decoration, the two halves with scalloped edges, the meeting faces engraved in blue and translucent red enamel, as are the bezels. The protective third case made in a similar fashion, the bezels in puce and translucent red enamel, glazed back revealing the floral decoration of the outer case.

In excellent overall condition. The conversion to English lever is well executed including changing to a compensation balance and addition of Harrison's maintaining power which would have greatly improved the watches timekeeping.

Circa 1795

£16,500.00 Read more
Large Silver Centre Seconds Calendar Verge Pocket Watch

A large late 18^th Century Belgian centre seconds verge with calendar in a silver consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement with dust ring. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Stop lever lacking. White enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiaries for time and date calendar, Arabic numerals, fine pierced gold hands. Large plain silver consular case, silver pendant and bow.

Hubert Sarton, Liege, Clockmaker to the Prince Eveque. A maker of repute, clocks and watches in a number of museums

Circa 1795

£3,900.00 Read more
Gold French Calendar Verge

A late 18^th Century French verge with day and date calendar in a gold consular case. 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 blue steel indicator. Winding through the fully restored white enamel dial, subsidiaries for day, date and seconds. Roman numerals, gold hands. Plain 18 carat consular case.

Circa 1795

£2,400.00 Read more
Gilt Pair Cased Doctors Dial Verge

A late 18^th Century English doctors dial verge in gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral blue steel stop lever. Flat white enamel dial, the subsidiary seconds of Arabic numerals and offset chapter for time above with Roman numerals, gilt arrow hands. Plain gilt metal pair cases, maker's mark “MTW” in a rectangle.

Circa 1795

£1,050.00 Read more
Rare Double Sided French Verge

A rare late 18^th Century double sided French verge with visible balance. Unusual gilt fusee movement with the plain gilt balance set centrally on the back within an engraved gilt border and under a polished steel bridge cock. Below the balance a polished steel plate set with faceted stones. Around the balance a polychrome enamel scene of a young girl carrying a basket. Below a signed white oval and above the index for the long polished steel regulator. Wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. White metal double sided case glazed on both sides.

Circa 1795

£4,750.00 Read more
Silver Pair Cased Windmill Automaton

A late 18^th Century English verge with windmill automaton dial 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. White enamel dial, the centre with a polychrome enamel scene of a central windmill, its gold sails rotating on the contrate wheel arbor situated below twelve. The riverside scene with a church and bridge in the background. In the foreground a fisherman on the bank. Narrow chapter of Arabic numerals, gold hands. Silver pair cases, plain inner with maker’s mark “TC” in a rectangle. Contemporary silver outer case of excellent fit with an engraved monogram. Lateral steel stop lever acting in the contrate wheel.

Hallmarked London 1795

£3,300.00 Read more
Silver Quarter Repeating Calender

A large late 18^th Century quarter repeating verge with calendar in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the index. Pierced and engraved cock with garnet endstone in a blue steel setting, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the back of the case. Signed white enamel dial with central chapter for the date, Roman numerals, blue steel calendar hand, decorative gold beetle and poker hands. Silver pair cases, pierced and engraved inner case, silver push pendant and bow, lateral blue steel slide to make the repeat “a toc”. Plain silver outer case.

Circa 1795

£2,700.00 Read more
Large Silver Automata Verge

A large late 18^th Century verge with automated scene in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with large blue cabochon endstone in a gilt and polished steel setting. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, elaborate polished steel regulator marked “Advance – Retard”. Pentagonal baluster pillars. White enamel dial, the offset chapter of Roman numerals with Arabic numerals at the quarters. Fine decorative gilt hands. Around the chapter a polychrome enamel scene depicting a forest scene of a stag being chased. An oval aperture in the lower half of the scene reveals disc with figures of stags, hunters and dogs painted on it. As the watch runs the figures pass across the oval representing a hunt. Large plain silver pair cases, long silver pendant and bow.

Circa 1795

£2,650.00 Read more
Rare Skeletonised Quarter Repeating Cylinder

An unusual late 18^th Century Swiss skeletonised quarter repeating cylinder in a silver open face case. Slim keywind skeletonised gilt movement with blue steel bridges with polished steel oil sinks visible through the dial. Gold crossed out wheels for both going and repeat trains. Gilt suspended going barrel pierced and engraved on the dial side to reveal the blue steel spring. The blue steel spring for the repeating also visible under a blue steel bridge. Crossed out gold motion work. Polished steel bridge cock, polished steel regulator below the plain three arm gold balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating, visible polished steel repeating work above the plate. Two polished steel hammers visible from the front striking two steel gongs under the dial. White enamel ring dial, glazed centre in a gold bezel, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned silver open face case, wound and set through the sprung glazed cuvette with gilt metal bezel.

Circa 1795

£3,950.00 Read more
Rare Napoleonic Automaton Verge

A rare late 18^th Century verge automaton depicting the battle of Arcola in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with large diamond endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. White enamel dial, small subsidiary of Arabic numerals, later blue steel hands. The lower half of the dial in polychrome enamel depicting the battle of Arcola. Napoleon on the left bearing a flag, riding a black horse onto the bridge followed by his troops. On the right Croatian and Austrian forces firing cannon. In the centre of the bridge a semi-circular opening reveals a rotating disc painted with soldiers, cannon and mounted horsemen appearing to march across as the watch runs. Above the scene the text “Bataille bei Arcola gewonnen von Bonaparte – d16ten Novbr 1795”. Well fitted in contemporary English pair cases.

Although signed London the movement is probably French. It is unusual to find scenes on watches depicting precise historical events. The battle took place in Italy during November 1795. On the 16th, frustrated at the inability of his forces to take Arcole, Napoleon is said to have seized a tricolour and led Augereau’s forces forward for a new and ultimately successful assault on the bridge of Arcole over the Alpone River

Circa 1796

£4,300.00 Read more