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French Oignon Pocket Watch with Cartouche Dial
A fine late 17th Century French verge oignon with gilt and enamel cartouche dial in a gilt consular case. Deep full plate fire gilt fusee movement, the slender Egyptian pillars with decorative silver caps. Silver pierced and engraved bridge cock, large three arm steel balance with spiral blue steel hairspring. Decorative pierced and engraved silver affix above the contrate wheel. Small silver index under a blue steel bridge, decorative pierced and engraved silver affixes (one lacking). Wound through the engraved gilt dial set with white enamel cartouches of blue Roman numerals outlined in black for the hours and black Arabic numerals for the minutes, one cartouche restored. Fine blue steel beetle and poker hands, the minute hand with a short tail. Deep gilt metal consular case covered with a gilt shell decoratively chased and engraved, gilt pendant and ring bow.
In excellent overall condition. The majority of oignon watches have the decoration well rubbed, sometimes almost smooth. This example has survived with the engraving still very clearCirca 1700£4,300.00 Read more -
Early English Verge Alarm Pocket Watch
A late 17th Century English single handed verge alarm in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with four Egyptian pillars and a single plain pillar. Fusee and chain with ratchet and click barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock depicting two birds on the table, broad pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc on a pierced and engraved plate. Short alarm train, pierced and engraved resting barrel, steel contrate wheel and double headed hammer striking on a bell in the case. Silver champleve dial, the blue steel pointer on the rotating centre indicating the time, Roman numerals, blue steel alarm time hand. Silver inner case decoratively pierced and engraved in a close foliate pattern, later long pendant and bow. Deep silver outer case decorated in chased and engraved repousse work, vacant cartouche in the centre surrounded by four classical busts.
Circa 1700£10,500.00 Read more -
Early English Gilt Verge Alarm Pocket Watch
A late 17th Century English verge alarm in gilt metal pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with five turned baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, the arms shaped to allow it to clear the winding square, silver regulator disc. The alarm striking a bell in the case with two polished steel hammers. Engraved resting barrel, blue steel stopwork. Fine later white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, small central white enamel disc set by a female square below the twelve. Fine gold beetle and poker hands, small tail of the hour hand indicating the alarm set time. Unusual pierced and engraved gilt metal pair cases, the inner case constructed without a bezel and the glass fitted to the outer case.
An interesting example a an early movement, its life extended by having a new case and dial made for it about seventy years later. Simon Decharmes, 1688, free of the Clockmakers Company 1691 – 1730Circa 1700£3,500.00 Read more -
Early Verge Pocket Watch Signed Tompion
A late 17th Century English verge signed Tompion in later silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask and extra screwed steady foot, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Later white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases hallmarked London 1777, maker’s mark “WL”.
Although signed Tompion the number 834 would be too early for this movement. However the plate is stamped with a capital “L” which could be a code for the number of thousandsCirca 1700£4,950.00 Read more -
Silver Champleve Dial Verge with Unusual Cock
A late 17th Century English silver champleve dial verge with unusual silver insert cock in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Unusual gilt winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. The table of the cock inset with a circular silver pierced and engraved section set with a diamond endstone in a blue steel setting. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and ring bow, maker's mark “IH”.
An unusual form of decoration to the cock. Richard Colley, Fleet Street, died 1736. Thomas Colley was apprenticed to George Graham and succeded him, going into business on his own in 1754Circa 1700£4,200.00 Read more -
Silver Champleve Dial Pair Cased Verge
A late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hour hands, gilt poker minute. Silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow. The inner with rotating shutter to the winding aperture, maker's mark “BO” and number corresponding to that on the movement. The plain silver outer case with maker's mark “IL” in a rectangle.
William Holloway, Free of the Clockmakers Company 1697 – 1723Circa 1700£3,900.00 Read more -
Silver Champleve Dial Pair Cased Verge
A late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gilt beetle and poker hands. Silver pair cases, the inner with split bezel and maker's mark “IW”. Plain silver outer case with seven joint square hinge.
A fine example which is unusually signed for the maker of the case. The “IW” incuse mark is on the 1682 plate and was registered again by John Willoughby as a Britannia silver mark in 1697. He was born circa 1665 and apprenticed to Thomas Howe, a watch case maker, 29th September 1679 for seven years. Free of the Clockmakers Company 1686. In 1695 he was assessed at St. Sepulchre Parish with his wife Mary, four children, John, Benjamin, Grace, and Mary, together with three servants. His son, also John was apprenticed to him 3rd July 1704. He is also listed in Baillies as a watchmaker, Free of the Clockmakers Company 1686 – 1710. It is very unusual to find a watch signed by the maker of the case as even at this early date manufacture was split into many specialised trades. The watch bears no serial number which indicates he signed few watchesCirca 1700£5,500.00 Read more -
Early Silver Irish Verge
A large late 17th Century Irish verge in plain silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with broad Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Later signed silver dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Silver pair cases, plain silver inner with split bezel, silver pendant and bow. Outer engraved with a monogram, seven joint square hinge.
Irish watches of this period are very rare and this is even more unusual being from CorkCirca 1700£4,750.00 Read more -
Silver Champleve Dial Quarter RepeaterA late 17th Century English quarter repeater with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with five turned baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved cock with later diamond endstone, small mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Converted to cylinder escapement. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case. Signed silver champleve dial, small gilt pins separating the Roman numerals, Arabic numerals for the minutes. Fine gilt beetle and poker hands. Pierced and engraved silver pair cases decorated with birds and cherubim. Faded engraved coat of arms on the outer, engraved silver pendant and later bow.Signed Blundell LondonCirca 1700£7,750.00 Read more
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Unusual Silver Champleve Dial Pair Case
An unusual late 17th Century English verge, the silver champleve dial with sector for regulating the watch in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance. Signed silver champleve dial, blue steel and gilt sector of a disc visible below the twelve for regulating the watch with a female square. Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Silver pair cases, plain inner with split bezel, silver pendant and later ring bow, maker's mark “LD”. Plain outer with seven joint square hinge.
A rare variation allowing the watch to be regulated through the dial. The shaft of the disc runs through the hollow centre of the mainspring barrel arbor. A pinion on the upper end acts on the rack to adjust the effective length of the hairspring. Casemaker's mark for Louis DerumauxCirca 1700£4,700.00 Read more -
Silver Champleve Dial English Verge
A large late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved cock with later polished steel coqueret, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Silver pair cases, split bezel to the inner case, silver pendant and bow. Outer case with square hinge, maker's mark “H G” in a rectangle.
Circa 1700£4,850.00 Read more -
Silver Calendar Champleve Dial Verge
A large late17th Century English verge with silver champleve calendar dial in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial, rectangular aperture below the centre for the date, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, split bezel, circular shutter to the winding aperture, silver pendant and bow. Seven joint square hinge to the outer case, both cases with maker’s mark “I W” and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Larger than most watches of the period this is in excellent overall condition. Andrew Dunlop, free of the clockmakers Company 1701 – 1732. Casemaker either John Willoughby or John Wightman, the mark appearing on many leading watchmakers cases including Tompion and WindmillsCirca 1700£4,900.00 Read more
