Archive of Sold Items

An early 19^th Century English Massey type three lever in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock inscribed “Patent” on the foot, large diamond endstone.  Polished steel regulator with silver sector index on the plate.  Plain three arm gilt balance with deep rectangular rim, three timing screws, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Massey type three lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker’s mark “JW” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An attractive large 19^th Century quarter repeating French cylinder in a gold open face case.  Unusual gilt three quarter plate keywind movement, the trains under a single richly engraved plate, the engraved repeating mainspring barrel bridge above it. Engraved suspended going barrel with polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two blue steel gongs. Fine white enamel dial, small signature between the numeral six and the minute marking. Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Attractive slim plain 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle.  Plain back with “Eliza L Hutchinson” engraved at the edge below the oval gold pendant.  Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.

A small 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder on a gold and enamel open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with 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.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Engine turned silver dial, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands.   Small gold open face case with attractive polychrome floral decoration in cloisonne enamel in a black ground.  The gold button is withdrawn from the pendant and twisted before being depressed to actuate the repeat.  Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

A pair of small early 19^th Century Swiss verges in gold and enamel pearl set cases in a presentation box.  Both have small full plate gilt fusee movements.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cocks with steel coquerets, plain three arm gilt balances with blue steel spiral hairsprings.  Silver regulator dials with blue steel indicators.  The hunter cased watch with a  white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and blue steel Breguet hands.  The open face one wit a gold engine turned dial, Arabic numerals and blue steel Breguet hands.   Small gold cases with ribbed middles, the bezels set with single rows of split pearls.  The covers are all decorated with polychrome enamel scenes painted on translucent dark blue enamel over engine turned grounds and set with split pearls.  The covers fully restored apart from the front cover of the full hunter.  The pair fitted in a green velvet line case covered in faux tortoiseshell.