Name: Unusual Gold and Enamel Cylinder Pocket Watch by Brockbanks
SKU: A9826
Price: 19000.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Gold Watch and Diamond Set Ring Mount

A rare late 18^th Century miniature cylinder cylinder watch and diamond set gold ring housing. Very small full plate movement with fusee and chain. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm gilt balance. Polished steel cylinder, brass escape wheel. Winding through the small white enamel dial, roman numerals, gilt hands. Small plain gold consular case, gold pendant and bow. The front bezel set with a row of small diamonds. Gold ring with a hinged mount for the watch, the back engraved with a monogram. The shank of the ring set with diamonds.

A very rare small movement which measures only 14.3 mm across. Probably the smallest known fusee movement.

Circa 1780

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Three Colour Gold Verge

A late 18^th Century verge in a stone set three colour gold consular case. Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Wound through the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, stone set hands. Attractive 18 carat continental consular case. The back engine turned and decorated with applied three colour gold decoration, the scene framed by an oval border of white stones. Two colour gold bezel also set with a single row of white stones.

Unusually this continental case and dial uses an English movement. It shows no signs of being a replacement, the dial feet occupying the original holes in the plate. It may be the original customer specified an English movement be used or alternatively the English watchmaker imported the case and dial.

Circa 1780

£3,650.00 Add to cart

Quarter Repeating Three Colour Gold Swiss Verge

A late 18^th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge in a decorative three colour gold 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. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case. Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Gold consular case with applied three colour gold decoration, oval scene on the back depicting a cherub and dog. Gold push pendent, discreet piercing to allow the bell to sound clearly.

Circa 1790

£4,500.00 Add to cart

A9826

Unusual Gold and Enamel Cylinder Pocket Watch by Brockbanks

£19,000.00

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