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Freesprung Gold English Half Hunter

A large late 19^th Century English freesprung lever in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock, compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, small gold slide in the band to stop the watch by acting on the balance. Plain gold cuvette, maker’s mark “T.R” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked Chester 1896

£4,200.00 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.

Hallmarked London 1896

£5,850.00 Read more
English Freesprung Gold Full Hunter

A late 19^th Century English freesprung lever with reverse fusee in a gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with reverse fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat gold full hunter case, gold bow. Wound and set through the gold cuvette, maker’s mark “FT” in an oval. Red morocco covered presentation case.

Hallmarked London 1896

£3,300.00 Read more
Heavy Silver Watch Albert and Fob

A heavy late 19th Century silver graduated curb link watch albert with central “T” bar. Spring clips on both ends, one with a 1908 silver threepenny piece. Short length of chain with silver fob attached engraved “John Low 1892”. All links marked.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1897

£350.00 Read more
Late English Silver Verge

A late 19^th Century English verge with silver dial in a silver engine turned case. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. Silver engine turned dial with engraved centre, applied gold Roman numerals, gilt hands. Engine turned silver open face case with engine turned middle, maker's mark “WHH” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An unusually late example of a watch with verge escapement.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1897

£600.00 Read more
Gold Open Face English Lever

A late 19^th Century English lever in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A excellent example of late English watchmaking

Hallmarked London 1897

£1,400.00 Read more
Massive Silver Albert

A late 19^th Century massive silver graduated curb link watch Albert. Spring clip on one end and “T” bar on the other. Short chain from the “T” bar with a monogrammed large silver fob.

A very heavy silver chain weighing over 260 grams in total

Hallmarked Birmingham 1897

£750.00 Read more
Gold Keyless Fusee by Kullberg

A fine late 19^th Century freesprung keyless reverse fusee with power reserve indication by Kullberg in a gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with reverse fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance employing quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel double overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling including the fusee, escape and lever pivots with endstones under a bridge cock. Numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, the back engraved with an interesting motto. Gold cuvette engraved with the name of the original owner. Gold bow and gilt winding button, maker’s mark “FT” in an oval. The winding disabled when the front cover is closed.

Hallmarked London 1897

£4,750.00 Read more
Gold Centre Seconds Lever with up/down Dial

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds lever with power reserve indication in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiary at six o'clock showing the state of winding. Roman numerals, blue steel centre seconds hand, gilt hands. Substantial plain 18 carat open face case with slide in the band to stop the balance. Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “S.Y”, flat crystal glass.

It is unusual to find power reserve indication on English watches with centre seconds or with going barrel.

Hallmarked Chester 1898

£2,250.00 Read more
Silver Half Hunter by Benson

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a silver half hunter case. Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Plain silver cuvette, maker's mark “JWB” in a rectangle.

Hallmarked London 1898

£700.00 Read more
Silver Faced Desk Set

A late 19^th Century desk set comprising a watch, barometer and thermometer. Large Swiss lever watch in a nickle open face case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial large plain nickle open face case, plain nickle cuvette and glazed cover to the movement. Matching nickle cased aneroid barometer, the white enamel dial marked “Made in London”. Rectangular desk case with easel stand to hold the watch and barometer. Covered in black morocco and lined in green velvet. Hallmarked pierced and engraved silver repousse mask to the front of the case with central mercury thermometer on a bone scale.

Hallmarked London 1898

£1,325.00 Read more
Gold English Full Hunter

A large late 19^th Century English lever in a gold hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement hinging from the case, going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain single bodied 18 carat full hunter case with small gold slide in the band to stop the watch by acting on the balance. Maker’s mark "T.R" in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked Chester 1898

£3,800.00 Read more