Pearl Set Enamelled Swiss Verge

Name: Pearl Set Enamelled Swiss Verge
SKU: A9329
Price: 2900.00 GBP
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A late 19^th Century English keyless reverse fusee freesprung lever with power reserve by Victor Kullberg in a gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance with quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, including the fusee, the escape wheel and lever under a bridge, their pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover. Winding and set apertures to the plain gold cuvette. Maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

The Army and Navy stores retailed watches from their store in Westminster predominantly sourcing them from high quality English watchmakers of the period. This example was supplied by Victor Kullberg, recorded in their workbooks as being suppled on May 18th 1882. In excellent overall condition

Hallmarked London 1881

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Early Octagonal Smoky Quartz Crystal Watch

An unusual small mid 17^th Century quartz crystal octagonal watch case. Purpose made early 18th Century full plate oval fire gilt movement with turned baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with ratchet and click barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Original engraved octagonal gilt dial plate, purpose made silver and silver gilt champleve dial engraved “London”, Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt beetle and poker hands. Small octagonal smoky quartz crystal case, the body with an oval hollow to accommodate the movement. Faceted back and cover for the dial, decorative engraved octagonal frames, plain gilt loop pendant.

An attractive unusual case in fine condition. An interesting example where a more modern movement has been made for a cherished case rather than updating the existing one with a hairspring

Circa 1650

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Silver Repousse Pair Case with Champleve Dial

An 18^th Century champleve dial verge in silver repousse pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved bridge cock, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed silver champleve dial with arcaded minute ring, the centre pierced to reveal the steel ground beneath. Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands. Plain silver inner case, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IHH” in a rectangle. The chased and engraved silver repousse outer case depicting a scene of two figures and a horse within a rococo frame.

Hallmarked London 1772

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A9329

£2,900.00

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A9329

Pearl Set Enamelled Swiss Verge

£2,900.00

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