Repeating and Musical Watches

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in an unusual double gold and enamel case.  Slim keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Push pendant […]

A fine early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder with offset dial in a decorative three colour gold open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel stopwork.  Plain cock with garnet set polished steel coqueret, blue steel regulator.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel […]

An early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a rare pearl encrusted gold open face case.  Skeletonised three quarter plate gilt keywind movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork.  Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Push pendant […]

A mid 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in an open face case engraved with a scene of a provincial French castle.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel.   Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Slide quarter […]

A mid 19th Century quarter repeating lever with gold dial by McCabe in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain, blue steel barrel setup on the top plate.  Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller […]

A late 19th Century Swiss minute repeater in a fine engine turned full hunter case bearing the coat of arms of the Russian Empire.  Keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide […]

A late 19th Century French automated singing bird in a silver mounted polished horn box.  Brass going barrel movement keywound through the base.  Small bellows and piston mechanism provides air to a variable whistle to mimic birdsong operated by a system of cams and levers.   The bird covered with multi-coloured feathered plumage, iridescent highlights […]

An unusual  late 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a silver 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.  Club foot lever escapement.  Slide quarter repeating on a single polished steel gong, the single hammer striking a […]

A late 19th Century French automated singing bird in an unusual repousse silver and enamel box.  Brass going barrel movement keywound through the base. Small bellows and piston mechanism provides air to a variable whistle to mimic birdsong operated by a system of cams and levers.   The bird covered with multi-coloured feathered plumage, iridescent […]

A late 19th Century Swiss musical watch in a large silver full hunter case.  Keyless nickelled musical movement with very large going barrel playing at will or on the hour.  Nickelled pinned barrel with polished steel comb of 30 graduated tignes.  Under this a circular gilt keyless cylinder watch movement offset towards the pendant.  Puce […]

A rare early 20th Century Swiss minute repeating three gong grande sonnerie clockwatch in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate jewelled keyless movement with two going barrels. One barrel for the going train, the other for the grand sonnerie minute repeat, wound by the crown being turned in both directions. Plain cock […]

An early 20th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a gunmetal open face case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless 15 jewel movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Slide quarter repeating on two steel gongs.  White enamel dial with […]