Archive of Sold Items

A large late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a heavy gold full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Grained steel flyback chronograph work above the plates.  Slide quarter repeating on two steel gongs.  White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph. Subsidiaries for day, date, month and seconds combined with the moonphase below. Roman numerals, blue steel calendar and centre seconds hands, decorative pierced gilt seconds and hands.  Substantial plain 14 carat rose gold full hunter case, glazed cover to the movement and gold cuvette engraved with details of the movement.  Slide for the repeat and a small button for the chronograph in the band.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever with double sided calendar in a gold case.  Keyless nickelled anti-magnetic bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with Paillard overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement.  Silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the dial on a blue steel and gold disc.  The other calendar indications are on the other side of the watch under a sprung hunter cover and glazed gold bezel.  The days of the week and date shown by a single pierced gilt hand and the month in a rectangular aperture.  The number of the days in each month are also given and the outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date.  The date changed automatically by a pawl on the movement.   Rare gold case, black champleve enamel monogram on the sprung back cover opened by depressing a button in the crown.

A late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Steel cylinder and escape wheel. White enamel dial with decorative gilt border, blue Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Small plain 14 carat open face case, the back decorated with a violet pansy set with a small diamond.

A fine late 19^th Century Swiss minute repeater with concealed automaton in a decorative gold full hunter case.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, frosted steel wolf's teeth winding work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat full hunter case, both covers profusely engraved in a foliate pattern leaving a part of the design vacant on the front cover clear for a monogram.  Chased and engraved bezels and middle, gold slide for the repeat.  Opening the plain gold cuvette reveals an amorous scene under a glazed cover of two polychrome enamel figures on a gilt engine turned background.  When the repeat is activated the man springs to life as the train runs.