Archive of Sold Items

A small 19^th Century English duplex in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand with gold arbor, gold Breguet hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, wound and set through the silver cuvette, maker's mark “CBH”.

A very thin mid 19^th Century Bagnolet calibre cylinder in a gold and enamel case.  Unusual Bagnolet calibre keywind gilt  movement profusely engraved on both sides.  The train inverted and visible within the ring dial.  Engraved suspended going barrel wound with a male key.  Engraved cock with gilt geared regulator set by key from the back,  plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Silvered ring dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Very slim gold open face case of only chased front bezel and engine turned back decorated with a polychrome floral scene.  Gilt key with male square to wind, set and adjust the watch.

An unusual mid 19^th Century Swiss silver and enamel gem set chatelaine with a concealed watch.  Keywind gilt bar 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.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Unusual chatelaine consisting of two silver and enamel buckles, the lower one containing the watch.  Both buckles similarly decorated with a polychrome enamel  scene with two children bordered by two rows of violet stones divided by a row of split pearls.  The cover of the lower buckle hinges open to reveal the dial of the watch, the gilt oval plate opening with the movement to allow it to be wound and set.  A long single pierced chain joins the buckles, also set with violet stones and split pearls.  The upper buckle also supports two similar chains, one with a decorative cast key set with stones and split pearls, the other an uncut bloodstone seal mounted in a silver swan.