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English Silver Dial Fusee Lever Pocket Watch

A 19^th Century English fusee lever with silver dial in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Silver dial with engine turned centre and applied two colour gold decoration at the edge. Applied gold Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds,, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker’s mark “ILS & Co”.

Circa 1840

£590.00 Read more
Gold French Cylinder for the Turkish Market

A 19^th Century French cylinder by Leroy made for the Turkish market 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. Signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, gilt hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, wound and set through the signed gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1840

£1,200.00 Read more
Gold Independent Seconds Ruby Cylinder

A mid 19^th Century Swiss Independent seconds cylinder in a decorative gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with two suspended going barrels, the larger for the going train the other for the independent seconds. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ruby cylinder, steel escape wheel. White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Slim 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, small gold slide to operate the independent seconds train. Chased and engraved bezels, pendant and bow. The back engraved with a decorative cartouche. Gold cuvette covered in decorative engraving and inscribed “Secondes Independantes Echappement a cylinder a Pierre Quatorze trous en Rubis”.

Circa 1840

£1,250.00 Read more
Swiss Independent Seconds Movement

A mid 19^th Century Swiss keywind independent seconds gilt bar movement. Two suspended going barrels for the going and seconds beating train. 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 centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.

Circa 1840

£120.00 Read more
Gold Quarter Repeater by Vacheron & Constantin

A mid 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder by Vacheron and Constantin in an engine turned 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, subsidiary seconds offset at four o’clock, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Fine 18 carat gold open face case with chased and engraved bezels, push pendant and bow. Engine turned back with a vacant shield shaped cartouche. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette engraved with details of the movement. Unusual gold key in the form of a mortice lock key. In a small horn presentation case marked “E.L – 14 Febb 1882”.

Circa 1840

£6,250.00 Read more
Silver Hunting Cased Quarter Repeater

A mid 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a silver full hunter case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Right angled club foot lever escapement. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned silver full hunter case with ribbed middle, silver slide in the band. Wound and set through the silver cuvette.

Circa 1840

£1,650.00 Read more
Silver Pair Cased Oddfellows Dial Verge

A mid 19^th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial of the Oddfellows Society in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial, polychrome enamel and gilt scene in the centre finely painted with Oddfellows symbols, the all seeing eye above and motto “Amicita Amor et Veritas”. Roman numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “R&S”.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1841

£1,800.00 Read more
Silver Two Pin Lever by Dent

A small mid 19^th Century English two pin fusee lever in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee brass calibre movement. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index on the plate. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, the impulse jewel replaced by two pins. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Small engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “SS” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked London 1842

£460.00 Read more
Gold Fusee Lever by Frodsham

A mid 19^th Century English fusee lever by Frodsham in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, the index on the plate. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Unusual gilt guard to the balance. English table roller lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “LC” in an oval.

Hallmarked London 1842

£1,100.00 Read more
Gold Half Quarter Repeating Two Pin Lever

A mid 19^th Century half quarter repeating lever by Arnold and Frodsham in a gold full hunter case decorated with heraldic devices. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, the teeth of the escape wheel of unusual form as used by Arnold and Dent. Very wide slot to the lever to accommodate the two gold pins on the roller. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat full hunter case, the front cover with applied chased and engraved heavy cast gold crowns and the motto “Through”. On the back in similar heavy applied cast gold the motto is repeated below a heraldic shield flanked by a lion an unicorn. Unusual rotating swivel bow, wound and set through the plain gold cuvette.

An unusual combination for the escapement. The use of two pins spaced apart was thought to give the advantage of giving impulse to the balance closer to the line of the centres. See “John Arnold and Son” by Vaudrey Mercer, plate 202. The coronets on the case are for an Earl, a Baron and a Viscount with the crest and motto of Hamilton. The arms are those of Hamilton, Ears of Orkney. See “Burke's General Armoury”, page 446

Circa 1845

£5,750.00 Read more
Gold English Quarter Repeater by Dent

A mid 19^th Century English quarter repeater with offset seconds and Nicole winding in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with steel Nicole patent winding work. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at seven o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Slim plain 18 carat open face case, gold slide in the milled band. Clip on engine turned gold back, rubbed at the edges, small vacant circular cartouche. Maker's mark “AN” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An unusually small quarter repeater retailed by Dent but made by the firm of Nicole Nielsen who manufactured for many of the eminent watchmaking firms in the second half of the 19th Century. Adolphe Nicole took out the patent for keyless winding in 1844, this is therefore a very early example. Repeating watches by Nicole Nielsen are uncommon

Hallmarked London 1846

£3,750.00 Read more
Gold Quarter Repeating Duplex by Frodsham

A mid 19^th Century English quarter repeating duplex by Frodsham in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gold hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, recessed gold slide in the ribbed middle close to the pendant. Wound and set through the signed and numbered gold cuvette, maker's mark “AN” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

In very good overall condition. The polished steel stud for the hairspring is very unusual, the hairspring being clamped between jaws rather than being fixed by a pin

Hallmarked London 1846

£4,500.00 Read more