Archive of Sold Items

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gem set open face case and matching pendant.  Keyless damascened nickel bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Unusual dial of translucent green enamel over an engine turned ground.  Subsidiary seconds, gilt Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands.  Small 14 carat gold open face case, applied gold decoration set with coloured gems.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “T B Starr”.  Matching gold openwork pendant brooch also set with coloured gems.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in an open face case containing a polychrome enamel nude.  Keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “Juvenia” in a rectangle.  The gold cuvette set with a polychrome enamel plaque of a nude standing in the sea.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a silver pendant case in the form of a tulip.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with steel regulator, shockproof jewelling, plain balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Engraved gilt oval dial, simple chapter of Roman numerals under a perspex glass, blue steel hands.  Cast silver case in the form of a tulip, three cast silver hinged lids, silver loop.   Maker's mark “SJHC” in a cloverleaf.

An 18^th Century English quarter repeating verge with champleve dial in decorative silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the index.  Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case.  Signed silver champleve dial in and engraved gilt edge, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Fine silver pair cases, the inner pierced and engraved, a large grotesque mask at six o'clock.  Long silver push pendant and stirrup bow.  Repousse silver outer case, also pierced and engraved, four cartouches around the edge of the back, two with busts and the others with baskets of fruit.

An early 19^th Century English quarter repeating cylinder with decorative gold dial in an engine turned gold open faced case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two blue steel gongs. Attractive gold dial with engine turned centre, applied gold Roman numerals and a border of three colour gold decoration, gold hands.  Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned drum shaped middle. Chased and engraved bezels, pendant and bow.  Winding through the gold cuvette, maker's mark “LC” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever deck watch in a nickle open face case with military markings.  Nickelled split three quarter plate 15 jewel keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain open face nickle case, screw bezel and back with military markings “AM  –  6E/50  –  14511/41”.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever by Omega fitted in a stainless steel wristwatch.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with engine turned centre, subsidiary seconds at nine o'clock, black Arabic numerals, the twelve in red blue steel Breguet hands.  Large purpose made stainless steel wristwatch case with glazed back to display the movement.  Black calf strap.

A late 19^th Century 9 carat gold long guard rope chain of 1.5 metres.  Gold spring clip at one end and small sprung circular ring at the other.

An unusual early 20^th Century German precision aneroid desk barometer.  Brass base housing the mechanism supporting the barometer dial.  Slender wire and chain attached to the indicator.  The signed glass dial in English on the back glass and marked “Atmospheric Pressure relative to Sea-Level”.  White arrow indicator formed so that its pointer is close to the index.  Small brass knob in the centre to allow the current reading to be recorded by a second arrow pointer.   Retailers mark engraved on th front of the base “Optician – JB Watson  Edinburgh”

A 20^th Century silver inkwell of impressive proportions housing a goliath pocket watch in the lid.  Plain silver bell shaped body with a weighted base,  deep silver cover with a large square hinge.  The watch is held in the cover by a plain bayonet fit lid.  Large nickle open face watch, Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial plain open face case.

A late 17^th Century English verge with silver champleve sun and moon dial in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pierced tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Pierced and engraved cock with small wings, broad pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Silver champleve dial, Arabic numerals for the minutes, blue steel poker hand. The hours are indicated by a blue steel disc set with engraved gold sun and silver moon and stars which rotates once every 24 hours.  This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture, the edge marked with the hours six through twelve and back to six in Roman numerals.  As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left. The lower half of the dial decoratively chased and engraved with two birds and signed in an oval cartouche.  Plain silver pair cases, the outer with faint traces of gilding.

A large late 18^th Century English calendar verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, large diamond endstone, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, concentric date calendar, fine gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TC” in a rectangle.

A late 18^th Century English verge with regulator dial  in silver pair cases containing a watchpaper giving the provenance within one family.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, large diamond endstone, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel.  White enamel regulator dial, minutes indicated around the edge by Arabic numerals.  Subsidiaries for hours in Roman numerals and seconds in Arabic numerals, fine pierced gold hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TC” in a rectangle.  In the outer case a watchpaper written by Eric Hodgkinson, the great, great, grandson of the original owner giving the provenance since it was made.

A mid 19^th Century French cylinder in a slim decorative gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre 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.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands.  Slim 18 carat open face case with coin edge, decoratively engraved back.   Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

A late 19^th Century English verge with silver dial in a silver engine turned case.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  Silver engine turned dial with engraved centre, applied gold  Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with engine turned middle, maker's mark “WHH” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

An unusual late 19^th Century English lever with patent dust cover and original watchpaper in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Unusual gilt dust cover marked “Patent No. 1340 – Warranted English Lever” which is secured by a small engraved circular lock.  Once removed the movement can be swung from the case from the front.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with spiral hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, English table roller lever escapement.   Signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, gold hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case, maker's mark “TM” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  Gilt winding button and gold slide in the band to stop the watch.  Inside the back cover a watchpaper from the original maker.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever by IWC in a 14 carat rose gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 14 carat rose gold full hunter case, gold cuvette.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case with presentation box.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement, going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Screwed in jewelling.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case, front cover with blue enamel chapter ring, the back with an engraved monogram.  Plain gold cuvette.   Green morocco covered presentation box lined with green velvet, supplied by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company.

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, English table roller lever escapement.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, gold slide in the band to stop the watch.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “JR” in a diamond and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 20^th Century American lever in a gilt full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain gilt metal full hunter case marked “STAR” and also “W” within the outline of a fish surrounded by “American Waltham Watch Company”.

An early 20^th Century English centre seconds lever in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case, maker’s mark “TPH” in a rectangle, gilt winding button and silver slide in the band to stop the watch.