Archive of Sold Items
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Unusual Gold Automaton
An early 19th Century French quarter repeating verge automaton in gold open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, garnet endstone. Gilt barrel bridges for the going and repeating trains, silver regulator with blue steel indicator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. White enamel ring dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. In the centre of the dial are unusual polychrome enamel figures of soldiers set above the visible polished steel repeating work. As the watch strikes the hours and quarters the arms of the figures move as though striking the polychrome enamelled bells between them. Plain gold open face case with ribbed middle, wound through the signed gilt metal cuvette.
Circa 1820£6,900.00 Read more -
Gold Quarter Repeating Verge
An early 19th Century quarter repeating verge with decorative dial in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Semi-circular engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret visible through a shaped aperture in the gilt cuvette. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring above a richly engraved circular plate. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Unusual engraved gold dial partly enamelled to emphasise the central scene of a shepherd addressing a King. Black enamel Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Faded engine turned gold open face case with ribbed middle, gold push pendant, sprung gilt cuvette.
Circa 1820£4,650.00 Read more -
Gold Quarter Repeating Musical Watch
An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch with cartouche dial in a gold 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. Polished steel stopwork to both barrels. Plain sector shaped cock, polished steel coqueret, polished steel regulator. Plain gilt balance with spiral spring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Polished steel work on back plate to control the disc type musical train and a steel “Strike – Silent” lever. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial. Lateral slide in the band to actuate the musical mechanism, music also playing automatically on the hour. Signed gold dial with engine turned centre, enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Plain gold open face case, engine turned middle. Signed gilt cuvette with apertures for winding and hand set.
Circa 1820£7,400.00 Read more -
Seven Decorative Watch Keys
A collection of seven watch keys. The earliest an 18th Century gilt metal crank with one square for winding and setting the watch, the other for adjusting the mainspring barrel tension. The other six. Three early 19th Century watch keys ratchet keys, one an elegant long gold key with wire wound body set with a small red stone, a simple silver ratchet key and the third later gilt key with circular open body and visible spiral spring. Two further early 19th Century keys, one a small gold key set with a trapezoid shaped bloodstone, the other a long engraved silver key set with an oval yellow stone. A late 19th Century gilt metal key in the form of a pistol resembling a colt revolver.
Circa 1820£750.00 Add to cart -
Massey Type I Silver Pair Case Pocket Watch By Massey
An early 19th Century English Massey I lever in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with plain gilt dust cover. Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, stamped on the underside of the foot “EM – P – 2672”. Blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type one lever escapement, thirty tooth escape wheel. Early form of banking with the pins formed together and screwed on the top plate. Off white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Matching plain silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “WB” in an oval.
In excellent overall condition. Edward Massey of Coventry and London developed the crank roller escapement which has five variations. He retailed few watches under his own name but made them for other makers. The underside of the cock not only bears his initials and serial number but also the stamp of the ebauche supplier, “TB” in a rectangle. This is repeated on the dust cover. S J Whitwell has not marked the movement with a number or townHallmarked Birmingham 1821£925.00 Read more -
Gold Ruby Cylinder Repeater by Breguet
A fine large early 19th Century quarter repeating ruby cylinder by Breguet in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with the watch number stamped on the plate under the dial, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with polished steel parachute suspension, blue steel regulator with bi-metallic temperature compensation. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Breguet suspended ruby cylinder, small steel escape wheel. Push quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed engine turned gold dial numbered on the reverse, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle. Gold repeating push in the pendant which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use. Wound through the signed and numbered gilt metal cuvette. Maker's mark “JJL” in a diamond and number corresponding to that on the movement in the back cover together with casemaker's mark “T” and the number 2400. Accompanied by an official Breguet certificate taken from the original archives.
Circa 1821£23,000.00 Read more -
Gold Lever by McCabe
A 19th Century English lever by McCabe in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with fast beat train. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index. Plain three arm gold balance with deep rim, blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Signed and numbered white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Purpose made 18 carat open face case hallmarked 1874, engine turned back with vacant shield shaped cartouche. Maker's mark “HB” and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Unusually for this period the watch has a 19,800 train.Circa 1822£1,900.00 Read more -
Gold Pocket Chronometer by Pennington
An early 19th Century English chronometer by Pennington in a gold consular case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, Pennington compensation balance with blue steel arms. Freesprung helical blue steel hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement with adjustable dovetailed foot. Gold dial with engine turned centre, subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals on a matted ground. Blue steel seconds hand, gold hands. Plain 18 carat consular case, maker's mark “LC”.
In excellent overall condition. See “The English Watch” by Terence Camerer Cuss, page 349 for a very similar chronometer by Pennington. William Haddack was a leading retailer of the time who appears to have chosen high quality makers. Casemaker Louis Comptesse.Hallmarked London 1822£8,350.00 Read more -
Gold English Cylinder Pocket Watch
An early 19th Century English cylinder with decorative gold dial in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover. Plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm polished steel flat balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Attractive gold dial with applied gold Roman numerals on a matted ground. Engine turned centre and decorative applied three colour gold border, gilt hands. Plain 18 carat open face case with chased and engraved middle and pendant. Button in the pendant to open the back, small monogram to the centre, maker's mark “CM”.
Hallmarked London 1822£1,700.00 Read more -
Gold English Quarter Repeating Cylinder
An early 19th Century English quarter repeating cylinder with decorative gold dial in an engine turned gold open faced case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Push pendant quarter repeating on two blue steel gongs. Attractive gold dial with engine turned centre, applied gold Roman numerals and a border of three colour gold decoration, gold hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned drum shaped middle. Chased and engraved bezels, pendant and bow. Winding through the gold cuvette, maker's mark “LC” and number corresponding to that on the movement.
A good example of early 19th Century English watchmaking in excellent overall condition. Casemaker Louis Comptesse whose mark is found on the best English cases of the period.Hallmarked London 1823£4,300.00 Read more -
Silver Pair Cased Pocket Watch Massey Type I
An early 19th Century English Massey I lever in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with garnet endstone, a thistle simply engraved on the table and “Patent” on the foot. Blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type one lever escapement. Lateral steel stop lever. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand with gold arbor, gold hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “V.R” in an oval.
Hallmarked Chester 1823£850.00 Read more -
Silver Skull Watch
An early 19th Century silver Austro-Hungarian skull watch. Small full plate gilt fusee verge 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. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Cast silver case in the form of a skull. The top of the skull hinges at the back to reveal the dial. Both parts of the case hallmarked.
Hallmarked Pest 1823£2,750.00 Read more
