Repeating and Musical Watches

A very rare late 18th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder with visible balance in a diamond set gold pendant.  Small full plate rectangular movement with canted corners.  Almost half of the top plate cut away to accommodate the small bell.  Keywound resting barrel, Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Decorative balance, the rim set with […]

A late 18th Century quarter repeating Swiss virgule in a diamond and pearl set gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Rare virgule […]

An rare early 19th Century dumb quarter repeating English cylinder by Recordon in a gold engine turned case.  Unusual keywind gilt movement with both the going, repeating trains and repeating barrel under a single small engraved gilt bridge.  Suspended engraved gilt going barrel with polished steel stopwork.  Engraved sector cock with blue steel regulator, garnet […]

An early 19th Century quarter repeating French lever in a gold engine turned open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain cock, garnet endstone in polished steel setting, polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Early ratchet tooth escapement with right angle lever.  Push pendant […]

A large early 19th Century quarter repeating chronometer by Ganthony in a purpose made silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, barrel under a bridge with blue steel setup ratchet and spring.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, polished steel regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation […]

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a decorative open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  White enamel […]

An early 19th 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 […]

A 19th Century French verge alarm in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Alarm train with small resting barrel, single polished steel hammer striking a bell.  Winding through the white enamel dial, […]

A rare early 19th Century mother of pearl set gold and silver musical fruit knife.  Small brass musical mechanism concealed within the handle.  Pin set barrel and seven blue steel tinges.  The music played by moving the small steel slide and releasing it in a similar fashion to a repeating watch.  Gold engine turned handle […]

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge automaton in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, polished steel endstone in a polished steel setting.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pendant quarter repeating on […]

A 19th Century french quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel, blue steel screws to the bridges.  Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two […]