Archive of Sold Items

A simple glass display dome with solid glass knob and hook to hang a watch.

An unusually small late 19^th Century Swiss split seconds lever chronograph in a gold open face case.  Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Grained steel flyback chronograph and split seconds work visible above the plate. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with flyback split centre seconds chronograph, subsidiaries for thirty minute record and  seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, gold cuvette,  maker's mark “Tavannes W Co.”.  Flyback chronograph button in the crown and split seconds in the band.

A rare mid 18^th Century English Staffordshire enamel patch box in the form of a pair cased watch of the period.  The back decorated with polychrome flowers in light relief on a puce ground.  The front of the box enamelled with a representation of a watch dial of the period, the painted hands set at seven minutes past five. Hinged brass bezels, pendant and stirrup bow, the interior in plain white counter enamel.

A late 19^th Century gold pocket compass in a plain 14 carat gold case with pendant and bow.  Glazed on both sides the needle is pivoted in the glasses.  Small gilt index marked with the cardinal points only one side and additionally in degrees on the other.

A long late 19^th Century 14 carat gold curb link watch albert.  Central “T” bar, a jump ring on one end and spring clip on the other.

A late 19^th Century delicate chain of alternating yellow and white 14 carat gold.  A jump ring on one end and spring clip on the other.

A 20^th Century English lever in gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 9 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Maker's mark “JWB Ltd” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 19^th Century English Massey type three lever in silver pair cases.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock, inscribed “Detach'd Lever”, diamond endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator.  Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type three lever escapement, lateral steel stop lever.  Off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “WB”.

An early 20^th Century Swiss eight day lever travelling clock with power reserve indication.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Gilt dial with subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve, luminous Arabic numerals and hands. Nickle case with clip on signed and numbered back, gilt screw bezel and winding button.   Brown morocco travelling case, the watch in a hinged section opening to form a clock.

A 20^th Century American cigarette lighter and watch combination.  Circular keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Square metal dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Fitted into one side of a nickle plated lighter with hinge flip arm over the wick, exposed flint striker.

A late 18^th Century English verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, the inner engraved “J Bury”, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “I.T”

An early 19^th Century Irish verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IC” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A 20^th Century Swiss lever by IWC in a gold open face case.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gilt Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Line engine turned 14 carat open face case, maker's mark “Probus – IWC – Shafusia”.  Signed gilt metal cuvette.

A 20^th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch with British military markings in a stainless steel open face case.  Keyless 16 jewel gilt bar movement marked with the Ministry of Defence broad arrow, going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator,  compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel gold hands.  Plain stainless steel open face case with screw bezel and back marked “Acier Inox – Staybrite”.

A late 19^th Century pocket barometer combined with thermometer  and a compass.  On one side a white enamel dial marked in German and at the base “Aneroid Barometer”, blue steel hand.  On the other a circular mercury thermometer marked in centigrade and Reaumur scales.  In the centre a compass the raised silvered index marked in degrees.  Deep drum shaped double sided silvered case with ring bow.

An early 20^th Century Swiss quarter repeating tortoiseshell eight day travelling clock.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement under a protective dust cover.  Standard watch movement running eight days by mounting a large going barrel above.  Plain cock, circular regulator visible through an aperture in the plate, compensation balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Lever quarter repeating on two steel gongs.  White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Fine tortoiseshell travelling case, silver gilt mounts engraved “Asprey  London”.  Inlaid gold decoration on one cover.  The watch in a tortoiseshell hinged section opening to form a clock.  Gilt screw bezel, winding button and folding lever for the quarter repeat.

An early 19^th Century English verge with subsidiary seconds in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the pierced and engraved round cock, gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  Fully restored white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “JB” in a rectangle.

A large early 19^th Century Irish verge in silvered metal pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with gilt dust cover pierce to reveal the table of the cock which is engraved with a serpent.  Gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. Off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Silvered nickle  pair cases, oval pendant and bow.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case.  Spotted gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 9 carat Dennison half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, gold cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle.

An early 19^th Century English Debaufre in a gilt open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind movement with resting barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret.   Plain three arm polished steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, gilt Bosley regulator.  Debaufre escapement employing two polished steel escape wheels acting alternately on a single steel roller.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Plain gilt metal open face case, the movement hinging out at 9 o'clock, , maker's mark “WB” in a rectangle.

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds fusee lever with power reserve indication in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, sector indication for power reserve below twelve o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Fitted in a contemporary engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle.