Archive of Sold Items
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Gold Box Hinge Full Hunter
A late 19th Century American lever in a decorative gold full hunter case with box hinges. Gilt split three quarter plate fifteen jewel keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Decorative 14 carat full hunter case, engine turned covers with engraved centres and borders, the front with a vacant shield shaped cartouche. Engraved middle, box hinges and shaped support for the pendant, plain gold cuvette.
Circa 1893£2,500.00 Read more -
Gold Half Hunter Minute Repeating Chronograph
A fine late 19th Century English minute repeating freesprung lever with minute recording flyback chronograph in a heavy gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement, going barrel under a raised section in the plate. Plain cock with diamond endstone, freesprung compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. English table roller lever escapement. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Flyback minute recording chronograph work situated under the dial. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with flyback centre seconds, subsidiaries for minute recording and continuous seconds. Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gold half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover. Recessed gold slide for the minute repeat in the band at twelve. Round gold button for the chronograph at six, disabled when the front cover is closed. Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement. Tan presentation box lined with purple velvet signed for the makers of the watch, “Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company – 112 Regent Street”.
An impressive and substantial minute repeating chronograph in excellent overall condition. “Part Swiss” on the plate probably refers to the minute repeating work which was often imported at this period.Hallmarked London 1894£12,500.00 Read more -
Small Swiss Minute Repeater
A fine late 19th Century Swiss minute repeating lever in a gold open face case. High quality keyless nickelled bar movement manufactured by Meylan, going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Unusual plain 18 carat open face case converted to be used as a wristwatch by adding a second pendant and false crown at six o'clock, probably early in its life. Applied wire work monogram to the back cover, slide close th the pendant which stops the hands being set. Engraved dedication on the gold cuvette, “Mary D Biddle from her children SFBB – LMBR – HJB – CWB Christmas 1894”.
A high quality Swiss minute repeater retailed in USA which appears to have been given as a Christmas present to a member of the family. If desired it could easily have strap fitted for use as a wristwatchCirca 1894£9,500.00 Read more -
Patek Philippe Gondolo Deck Watch
A late 19th Century Swiss lever by Patek Philippe fitted in a deck watch case. High quality keyless bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator adjusted by a snail cam, steel pointer on the plate. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, the lever with counterbalance extension arms extending beyond the pallets. Escape and lever pivots with endstones in polished steel settings. Snailed steel wolf's teeth winding work. Signed white enamel dial marked “Chronometro Gondolo”, subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Brass purpose made case for the movement with clip on back and glazed bezel, gold crown. Lacquered brass Dennison deck watch bowl with screw bezel.
An interesting example of an accurate watch pressed into service as a deck watch during war when there was a shortage of marine chronometersCirca 1895£2,300.00 Read more -
Gold Swiss Lever by Vacheron and Constantin
A late 19th Century Swiss lever by Vacheron and Constantin in a gold full hunter case. Keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel, snailed steel wolf's teeth winding work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, the lever with counterbalance extension arms extending beyond the pallets. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, black Roman and red Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 14 carat full hunter case with vacant shield shaped cartouche on the front cover. Ribbed middle, plain gold cuvette.
A good wearable watchCirca 1895£2,400.00 Read more -
Unusual 24 Hour Dial Lever
A late 19th Century lever with unusual twenty four hour dial in a nickle open face case. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Unusual signed restored white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds. Inner chapter of black Roman numerals showing the hours to twelve with a short blue steel hand. At the edge of the dial red Arabic numerals to twenty four hours indicated by a long blue steel hand. Plain nickle open face case.
An unusual variation of a twenty four hour dial with two separate hour hands rotating at a different rateCirca 1895£550.00 Read more -
Gold Keyless Fusee Chronometer
A rare late 19th Century English keyless fusee chronometer in a gold open face case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone. Heavy compensation balance with freesprung helical blue steel hairspring. Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat open face case, the back with a monogram in translucent dark blue enamel. Plain gold cuvette, button in the band depressed when winding the watch, maker's mark “JW” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Hallmarked London 1895£5,400.00 Read more -
American Gold Box Hinge Hunter Pocket Watch
A late 19th Century American lever in a decorative gold box hinged full hunter case. Full plate gilt keyless movement, engraved cock with garnet endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, polished steel regulator, club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Gold 9 carat full hunter case with box hinges, the covers decoratively engraved, vacant area on the front cover for a signature. Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “B.W.C.Co”
Circa 1895£1,500.00 Read more -
Gold Karrusel
A late 19th Century English karrusel in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Gilt 52.5 minute revolving carriage. Engraved gilt cock with diamond endstone, polished regulator, compensation balance, blue steel overcoil hairspring. English lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Circa 1895£4,350.00 Read more -
Gold Minute Repeating Hunter by Frodsham
A late 19th Century English minute repeater by Frodsham in a gold full hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed and numbered off white enamel dial manufactured by Willis. Subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat full hunter case, gold cuvette and recessed gold slide. Maker’s mark “HMF” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement. Accompanied by a certificate from Charles Frodsham & Co.
Hallmarked London 1895£11,000.00 Read more -
Gold Half Hunter Karrusel by Barraud & Lunds
A late 19th Century English freesprung Karrusel by Barraud & Lunds in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Unusual richly engraved 52.5 minute revolving carriage. Engraved cock, compensation balance, freesprung blue steel double overcoil hairspring. English lever escapement. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, monogram on the back cover and a dedication engraved on the gold cuvette. Two flysprings to open the front cover, maker's mark “JW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.
A fine example of late 19th Century English watchmaking showing the use of a Bonniksen karrusel by one of the leading makers of the period. See Pocket Watches by Reinhard Mieis page 311 for a similar watch.Hallmarked London 1896£5,850.00 Read more -
Repeating Calendar Chronograph by Nicole Nielsen
A fine late 19th Century English minute repeating chronograph with calendar in a gold and enamel full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement, going barrel under a raised section in the plate. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement escape and lever pivots with endstones. Above the plate the grained steel work for the minute recording chronograph. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph and subsidiaries for minute record and continuous seconds. Below the centre a rectangular aperture for day, date and month engraved on silvered discs. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat full hunter case, a polychrome enamel coat of arms on the front cover. Gold recessed repeating slide, hand set and chronograph button in the band which is disabled when the front cover is closed. Small steel lever sets in the front bezel for the calendar. Gold cuvette, maker's mark “EN” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
A fine example of late 19th Century English watchmaking. One of the more complex movements made by the firm of Nicole Nielsen with the rare inclusion of an unusual form of calendar. Nicole Nielsen manufactured for many of the eminent watchmaking firms in the second half of the 19th Century. Some were also retailed in other countries such as Australia and America, Tiffanys being one of their principal customers. Casemaker Emil Nielsen, 14 Soho Square.The coat of arms are those of Kenelm Charles Edward Pepys, 4th Earl of Cottenham (1874 – 1919) who succeeded his father in 1881 (ref. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, p.588). He was the great nephew of Samuel Pepys the 17th Century diarist. – – – Motto: MENS CUJUSQUE EST QUISQUE – As the mind of each, so is the man
Hallmarked London 1896£18,750.00 Read more
