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Unusual Gold Calendar

An unusual early 19^th Century Swiss cylinder with offset dial and calendar in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with large suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Silver engine turned dial, symmetrically placed subsidiaries for seconds and date. Offset chapter Roman numerals to allow for a larger barrel, blue steel hands. Fine engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle and bezels. Wound and set through the gold cuvette.

An unusual and elegant looking watch

Circa 1820

£1,250.00 Read more
Silver Pair Cased Verge

An early 19^th Century English verge in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IR”.

Hallmarked London 1820

£450.00 Read more
Gold Quarter Repeating Verge

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Push pendant quarter minute repeating on two steel gongs. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, sprung gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1820

£1,900.00 Read more
Decorative Gold Verge

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge in an unusual decorative three colour gold 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. Wound through the engine turned gold dial with a border of two colour gold decoration, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Unusual scollop form gold open face case, applied three colour gold decoration. Sprung front bezel opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant.

Circa 1820

£3,000.00 Read more
Three Colour Gold Gem Set Verge

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge in a three colour gold ruby set open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, steel coqueret with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Gold dial with applied two colour gold decoration around the edge. White enamel minute ring and cartouches with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gold open face case decorated with applied two colour decoration on a matted ground and set with rubies. Sprung front bezel opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant.

Circa 1820

£2,850.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Quarter Repeating Musical Watch

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch in a gold and enamel open face case. Gilt movement with two resting barrels, the larger barrel, being half the diameter of the movement, providing the power for the musical train. Plain sector cock, polished steel coqueret and regulator, plain gilt balance with spiral blue steel hairspring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Polished steel work on back plate to control the disc type musical train. Pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial. Small button in the band to actuate the musical mechanism. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Unusual gold open face case, the back of dark blue enamel decorated in gilt and polychrome enamel depicting a lute in the centre. Ribbed middle, wound through the gilt cuvette.

Circa 1820

£12,500.00 Read more
Digital Dial Gold Cylinder

A slim early 19^th Century French cylinder with digital hours in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Unusual engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, offset minutes and an aperture above displaying the hours in Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned gold open face case, wound and set through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.

Circa 1820

£1,450.00 Read more
Gem Set Three Colour Gold and Enamel Verge

An early 19th century French verge in a decorative three colour gold case set with gems and an enamel portrait. 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. Round pillars. Gold engine turned dial with Roman numerals bordered by applied three colour gold decoration, gilt hands. Gold open face case, the matted ground overlaid by three colour gold decoration and set with red gemstones and turquoise. In the centre a small oval polychrome enamel portrait of a young woman holding a sheaf of wheat.

Circa 1820

£3,400.00 Read more
Silver Gilt Quarter Repeating Verge

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a silver gilt open face 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. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, push pendant, winding through the sprung gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1820

£1,050.00 Read more
Gold Swiss Verge Clockwatch

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge clockwatch in a gold open face 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 gilt indicator. Striking the hours and half hour on a steel gong, the last hour struck at will by a button in the pendant. Both trains wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle, sprung gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1820

£4,750.00 Read more
Silver Swiss Debaufre

An early 19^th Century Swiss debaufre in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind movement with going barrel, polished steel ratchet and click. Plain cock with garnet endstone, marked on the table “Patent Jewelled Vertical”. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, polished steel Bosley regulator. Debaufre escapement employing two polished steel escape wheels acting alternately on a single steel roller. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle, number corresponding to that on the movement.

A rare escapement, 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 escapement is not affected by variations in power as was the case with the verge and some watches dispense with the fusee. See Chamberlain's “Its About Time” page 123 for a description of a similar escapement.

Circa 1820

£1,950.00 Read more
Gold Reverse Ratchet Key

An early 19^th Century Breguet style ratchet key, the action the reverse of normal and suitable for a fusee watch.

Circa 1820

£235.00 Read more