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Silver Irish Fusee Lever

A mid 19^th Century Irish fusee lever in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover, Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Blue steel Bosley regulator. English table roller lever escapement. Off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt fleur dis lis hands. Faded engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “JD” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

John Donegan, Dublin. Born County Fermanagh 1794, died 1862. In business with his brother Patrick. The case bears his mark

Hallmarked Dublin 1858

£425.00 Read more
Duplex Gold Hunter by Nicole Nielsen

A mid 19^th Century English duplex by Nicole Nielsen in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with Nicole’s patent winding. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, jewelled locking roller and pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Engine turned 18 carat full hunter case, engine turned middle. Unusual gold clip retaining the front hunter cover, small engraved monogram to the central circular cartouche. Clip on back, maker’s mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement. Unusual gold winding crown and bow.

Hallmarked London 1858

£3,000.00 Read more
Gold Half Hunter by Nicole Nielsen

A mid 19^th Century keyless English lever with offset subsidiary seconds in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with with steel Nicole patent winding work. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at nine o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Engine turned 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Clip on back with small engraved monogram, ribbed middle, maker's mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Nicole Nielsen 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 number 10,348 in 1844.

Hallmarked London 1859

£2,900.00 Read more
Swiss Calendar Silver Hunter

A 19^th Century Swiss calendar lever in silver full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiaries for day, date and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned silver full hunter case marked “Warranted coin Silver”. Wound and set through the brass cuvette.

Circa 1860

£650.00 Read more
Tortoiseshell Music Box with Repousse Scene

A fine mid 19^th Century Swiss tortoiseshell musical box with a repousse scene to the lid. Small rectangular barrel type musical mechanism with a choice of two tunes. The tines arranged in sixteen groups of four and one of six. Going barrel wound with a male key from below. Rectangular tortoiseshell box with engine turned tortoiseshell base. Two mother of pearl discs on the front slide to actuate the music and change the tune. The lid with full length piano hinge opens to reveal the mechanism under a shaped translucent horn cover. Inset into the lid a fine chased and engraved rectangular scene of The Intervention of the Sabines. At the lower right hand corner the signature “Morel F”. The scene protected by a translucent horn cover in a gold frame.

An unusual box in fine overall condition. The scene taken from from the 1799 painting The Intervention of the Sabine Women by Jacques-Louis David now in the Louvre, Paris

Circa 1860

£7,500.00 Read more
Rosewood Watch Stand

A 19^th Century Rosewood box watch stand. Rectangular box decorated with bone corners, strap and escutcheon, the corners cross banded with rounded mahogany. Inside a hinged holder for the watch similarly decorated and lined with purple velvet, folding brass stay hinges and lock.

Circa 1860

£300.00 Read more
Glazed Watch Stand

A small glazed satinwood box watch stand. Rectangular box veneered in satinwood, the glazed opening in the top cross banded and the edges brass strung. Inside a square hinged holder for the watch lined with blue velvet is raised by a spring when the lid is lifted.

Circa 1860

£360.00 Read more
Slim Gold Ladies Pendant Watch

A mid 19^th Century French cylinder in a slim decorative 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. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands. Slim 18 carat open face case with coin edge, decoratively engraved back. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

Circa 1860

£585.00 Read more
Early Keyless Winding Swiss Lever

A 19^th Century Swiss lever with unusual visible keyless winding in a silver full hunter case. Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Early rocking bar keyless wind and set mechanism above the plate with frosted steel wheels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, club foot right angle lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned silver full hunter case, signed silver cuvette.

An interesting watch in good overall condition with an uncommon form of Swiss keyless mechanism

Circa 1860

£975.00 Read more
Gold Swiss Lever

A mid 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, polished steel escape wheel. Gold engine turned dial with subsidiary seconds. The centre engraved with a lakeside village scene, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, chased and engraved bezels, oval pendant and bow. Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.

In excellent overall condition

Circa 1860

£600.00 Read more
Gold Independent Seconds Captains Watch

A mid 19^th Century Swiss captain's independent seconds lever in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with two suspended going barrels. Plain cock with polished steel parachute suspension and blue steel regulator with temperature compensation curb. Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Gold engraved dial, independent centre seconds, subsidiaries for continuous seconds, and two chapters for time. The chapter of Roman numerals running constantly and the one of Arabic numerals running only when the independent seconds train is in use, blue steel hands. Substantial purpose made plain 18 carat open face case with clip on back and bezel.

Circa 1860

£3,100.00 Read more
Unusual Gold Oval Pendant Watch

A 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in an unusual gold oval pendant case. 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. Small white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engraved gold oval pendant with applied decorative wire work. Raised engraved circular section for the watch, the small central lid set with a pearl is sprung open by pressing button at the edge. Gold circular hinged back with slide to reveal the apertures to wind and set the watch.

Circa 1860

£3,600.00 Read more