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Pearl Set Gold and Enamel French Verge

A late 18^th Century French verge in a pearl set gold and enamel consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Round pillars. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Gold consular case, sprung front bezel opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant. Front and back bezels set with a single row of large split pearls. The back of translucent green enamel over a line engine turned ground. Geometric gilt decoration.

Circa 1790

£3,650.00 Add to cart
Large Silver Automata Verge

A large late 18^th Century verge with automated scene in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with large blue cabochon endstone in a gilt and polished steel setting. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, elaborate polished steel regulator marked “Advance – Retard”. Pentagonal baluster pillars. White enamel dial, the offset chapter of Roman numerals with Arabic numerals at the quarters. Fine decorative gilt hands. Around the chapter a polychrome enamel scene depicting a forest scene of a stag being chased. An oval aperture in the lower half of the scene reveals disc with figures of stags, hunters and dogs painted on it. As the watch runs the figures pass across the oval representing a hunt. Large plain silver pair cases, long silver pendant and bow.

Circa 1795

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Silver Chronometer by Barraud

An early 19^th Century English spring detent chronometer by Barraud in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, the detent mounted on a long curved gilt arm to allow fine adjustment by a screw. Escape pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Purpose made engine turned silver open face case hallmarked London 1839. Maker’s mark “CBH” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Circa 1805

£3,250.00 Add to cart
Unusual Small Gold Engine Turned Verge

An early 19^th Century verge in a gold engine turned consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold hands. Deep small engine turned 18 carat consular case, gold oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “IC”,

Hallmarked London 1805

£1,900.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased English Ruby Cylinder

An early 19^th Century English ruby cylinder in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed gilt dust cover pierced for the endstone and regulator. Pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone in a blue steel setting. Engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Ruby cylinder, large brass steel escape wheel, pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, round silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “WB” over “CH”.

Hallmarked London 1816

£1,475.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased Rack Lever by Tobias

An early 19^th Century English rack lever with jewelled pivots in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed gilt dust cover pierced for the table of the cock. Chased and engraved cock, representation of a serpent on the bell shaped table, garnet endstone in a blue steel setting, marked “Patent” on the foot. Blue steel Bosley regulator. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Screwed in jewelling to the third and fourth wheels. Rack lever escapement with adjustable slides to the lever pivots, escape pivots with endstones. White enamel dial marked “Patent”, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, fine gold Breguet hands. Matching plain silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “IR”.

Hallmarked London 1818

£1,100.00 Add to cart
Quarter Repeating Gold Verge with Painted Dial

An early 19^th Century quarter repeating French verge with polychrome enamel dial in a decorative gold case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Attractive enamel dial, the centre with a painted polychrome enamel riverside scene. Gold mask with oval piercing to reveal the Arabic numerals on the enamel dial, blue steel Breguet hands. Decorative 18 carat open face case. The back with a swirl pattern in chased and engraved repousse work around an oval cartouche engraved with a star. Rope pattern repousse middle, gold push pendant. Wound through the signed gilt cuvette, engraved edge. In a red velvet lined morocco box signed for a Hannover retailer.

Circa 1820

£8,400.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased Speed the Plough

An early 19^th Century English verge with painted “Speed the Plough” dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round masked cock, gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial with central polychrome scene of a farmer ploughing his field with two horses. Roman numerals, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow. The inner engraved “John Bullock – 1860”, maker’s mark “WL”.

Hallmarked 1820

£850.00 Add to cart
Turquoise Set Gold Swiss Verge

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge in a decorative three colour gold case set with turquoise. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Winding through the gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Attractive 18 carat open face case, the sprung front bezel opened by a button in the pendant. Applied three colour gold decoration of a floral display, set with turquoise on the back and bezels.

Circa 1820

£2,400.00 Add to cart
Gold English Full Plate Chronometer

A fine early 19^th Century English full plate spring detent chronometer in a decorative gold open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone in a blue steel setting. Large compensation balance, two wedge shaped weights secured by polished steel plates. Freesprung helical with blue steel hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement, jewelled locking, discharging and impulse stones. Screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones. Matted gold dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with decorative chased and engraved repousse middle, maker’s mark “TH” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Circa 1823

£7,500.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Duplex by Barwise

An early 19^th Century English duplex by Barwise in an engine turned gold open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, blue steel ratchet on the barrel bridge. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the plate. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, pivots with endstones. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Refinished gold dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Deep engine turned 18 carat gold drum shaped open face case with engine turned middle, gold push pendant. Wound through the plain gold cuvette, maker’s mark “LC”.

Hallmarked London 1824

£3,950.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased Massey I by Litherland

An early 19^th Century Massey type one lever by Litherland Davies in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with gilt dust cover. Harrison’s maintaining power. Chased and engraved cock with diamond endstone, a representation of a flowers on the table and marked “Patent Detach’d”. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, blue steel Bosley regulator. Massey type one lever escapement. Off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, blue steel lateral lever to start and stop the watch. Maker’s mark “TH&Co” in a rectangle, number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked Chester 1824

£890.00 Add to cart