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Gem Set Chatelaine and Visible Balance Watch

An unusual late 18^th Century Swiss cylinder with visible balance in a gem set gold watch with matching chatelaine. Small rectangular full plate gilt movement with canted corners. Keywound and set from the back with resting barrel. Decorative four arm diamond set balance visible through an aperture in the dial. Blue steel spiral hairspring hidden below the polished steel plate which acts a background to the balance. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals in a chapter set under the balance, blue steel Breguet hands. Rectangular gold case with canted corners, plain gold back with apertures for wind, set and regulation. A foliate pierced silver frame surrounds the watch set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds. Small diamond set finial and loop to suspend the watch. Matching silver and gold chatelaine set with numerous large colourful gem stones. Filigree heart shaped buckle surmounted by a crown, two additional chains supporting a seal and key.

Circa 1800

£11,500.00 Read more
Eleven Watch Keys

Eleven 19th Century watch keys including a key with large oval piece of cut glass. Three other gold cased keys set with semi-precious stones and a small gilt key with a semi-precious stone concealed by a hinged cover. Two gilt oval keys, one for the Chinese market signed “Bovet” and the other depicting Napoleon on one side and a sword and flags on the other. Four other gold cased and gilt keys.

Circa 1800

£1,100.00 Read more
Thirteen Watch Keys

Thirteen 19th Century watch keys including a key with set with two large rectangular semi-precious stones, one red and one white. An unusual gold crucifix form key with extending shaft. Four other gilt keys set with semi-precious stones and an engraved hexagonal key with pommel end. Two gilt oval keys, one for the Chinese market signed “Bovet” and the other with the retailer's name “C A Minty – Printing Office St. – Doncaster”. Two large cast silver keys, a cast gilt key and a cast steel key.

Circa 1800

£1,100.00 Read more
Gilt English Duplex by Frodsham

A late 18^th Century English duplex by Frodsham in a gilt metal consular case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, the curb pins operating through a slot in the cock. Plain three arm polished steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Gilt metal consular case, gilt oval pendant and bow. Wound and set through the sprung, signed and numbered gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1800

£1,350.00 Read more
Unusual English Silver Pair Cased Verge

An unusual English verge in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with unusual arched bridge cock, pierced and engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, Roman numerals at the quarters , gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver rectangular pendant and bow, maker's mark “IR”. Unusual outer case which hinges at six o'clock, the button and spring by one o'clock.

An interesting English verge with a number of unusual features

Hallmarked London 1800

£1,200.00 Read more
Rare Swiss Sun and Moon Verge

A very rare late 18^th Century Swiss verge with sun and moon dial in a silver open face case. Unusual slim full plate gilt fusee movement. The barrel and fusee under a profusely engraved plate standing higher than the rest of the train. Pierced and engraved bridge cock, broad engraved feet, steel coqueret. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare polychrome enamel dial depicting a church with its clock tower, Arabic numerals in a semi-circle above. The hours are indicated by a polychrome enamel disc which rotates once every 24 hours. This is viewed through the large aperture and has on one half the sun in a clear blue sky and on the other the moon among clouds. At the edge of the semi-circle the hours are marked from six through twelve and back to six in Arabic numerals. As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left. At the centre a small white square forms the face of the church clock marked at the quarters in Roman numerals, the miniature hand rotating once an hour. Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle.

A very rare late example of a sun and moon watch using a novel way of indicating the minutes. The plain silver back is probably a replacement, the original would have had a shutter to allow the watch to be wound from the back

Circa 1800

£6,750.00 Read more
Swiss Verge with Paste Set Dial

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge with unusual paste set dial in a gilt 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. Unusual decorative matted and engraved mask set with blue and red pastes surrounding the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain gilt consular case.

Circa 1800

£2,800.00 Read more
Large Gilt Verge

A large late 18^th Century verge in a decorative gilt consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the finely pierced and engraved bridge cock. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Gilt regulator, long index engraved on the plate. Wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Large gilt consular case with unusual applied foliate decoration on the back, turquoise button, maker's mark “FFB”.

Although signed “London” the style of this watch suggests it is probably Scandinavian

Circa 1800

£990.00 Read more
Silver Verge with Painted Dial

A late 18^th Century continental verge with painted dial and unusual silver cock in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Unusual silver bridge cock in the form of a double headed eagle, garnet endstone at its centre. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Pentagonal baluster pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. In the centre a polychrome scene of two soldiers fighting with swords. Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle marked on the back with the owners name.

Circa 1800

£675.00 Read more
Rare Silver Verge with Naval Automaton

An unusual late 18^th Century English verge with automaton depicting Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Unusual engraved cock with mask, silver regulator on engraved plate and separate plate left vacant for engraving with the retailer's name. Plain three arm steel balance. Polychrome enamel dial with offset chapter of Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands. The lower part of the dial depicting the battle of the Nile which took place in Aboukir bay in 1798. The ships of the British fleet on the right and the French on the left, one ablaze. Ships of both nations move past the oval aperture on a restored disc as the watch runs. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TC”.

An interesting watch produced only a short time after the battle. See April 2006 NAWCC article about a very similar watch which is in a case by the same maker, Thomas Carpenter, in 1803

Hallmarked London 1800

£4,250.00 Read more
Large Silver Verge

A large late 18^th Century verge in a silver consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Gilt regulator, long index engraved on the plate. Wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands. Large plain silver consular case, maker's mark “CFC”.

Although signed “London” the style of this watch suggests it is probably Scandinavian

Circa 1800

£930.00 Read more
Large French Verge Movement

Large full plate fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, silver regulator dial. Pentagonal baluster pillars, winding square at the front. The movement, fitted to a larger plate for the dial, was probably originally used in a barometer or other piece of furniture.

Circa 1800

£60.00 Read more