Archive of Sold Items

A late 17^th Century English verge signed Tompion in later silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask and extra screwed steady foot, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Later white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases hallmarked London 1777,  maker’s mark “WL”.

A late 17^th Century English silver champleve dial verge with unusual silver insert cock in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Unusual gilt winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot.  The table of the cock inset with a circular silver  pierced and engraved section set with a diamond endstone in a blue steel setting.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and ring bow, maker's mark “IH”.

A late 17^th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hour hands, gilt poker minute.  Silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow.  The inner  with rotating shutter to the winding aperture,  maker's mark “BO” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  The plain silver outer case with maker's mark “IL” in a rectangle.

A fine rare early 18^th Century English champleve dial verge with glazed sides and cock in gold pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement the glazed sides retained by a silver ring. The ring is pierced and  engraved with architectural pillars and the number of the watch over the barrel.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved cock with mask, the table glazed, a blue stone at its centre in a silver setting.  Pierced and engraved foot and plate for the blued  regulator disc with gilt markings.  Plain gilt balance.  Signed gold champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching plain 22 carat gold pair cases, gold pendant and stirrup bow.  Maker's mark “SG” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 19^th Century English verge with decorative gold dial in an engine turned gold case.  Full plate fusee movement with engraved cock, diamond endstone.  Steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  Winding through the decorative gold dial, engine turned centre, applied gold Roman numerals on a matted ground, gold hands.  Single bodied engine turned 18 carat open face case with reeded bezels, middle, pendant and bow.  Sprung front bezel opened by a button in the pendant, the movement hinge at nine o'clock, maker's mark “IR”.

An unusual early 19^th Century Swiss cylinder with offset dial and calendar in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with large suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Silver engine turned dial, symmetrically placed subsidiaries for seconds and date.  Offset chapter Roman numerals to allow for a larger barrel, blue steel hands. Fine engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle and bezels. Wound and set through the gold cuvette.

An early 19^th Century English verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IR”.

A 19^th Century English fusee lever with large chronometer balance in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock, polished steel regulator, large chronometer type compensation balance with two circular weights and two timing screws, blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold Breguet hands.  Plain silver open face case, maker's mark “TC”.

A mid 19^th Century English fusee lever in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust ring.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index on the plate.  Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones, English table roller lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle, maker's mark “WR”.

A mid 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, polished steel escape wheel.  Gold engine turned dial with subsidiary seconds. The centre engraved with a lakeside village scene, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, chased and engraved bezels, oval pendant and bow.  Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.

A mid 19^th Century English centre seconds fusee lever by Frodsham in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, escape, lever and centre seconds pivots with endstones.   Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case, monogram on the back cover.  Wound and set through the gold dome, maker's mark “JB” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

An unusually small late 19^th Century Swiss gold full hunter with double sided calendar.  Keyless nickelled bar movement with frosted steel wolfs teeth winding work, going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement,  escape pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold hands. Under the back cover  on the reverse side the day – date calendar indicated by gold hands on a white enamel ring dial.  Steel set lever operated by a gold pin in the band. The calendar changed automatically by a polished steel pawl on the movement.  Small plain 18 carat full hunter case, an engraved dedication on the back cover.

A small late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter  hands.  Small plain 18 carat half hunter case, the chapter ring of translucent puce enamel over an engine turned ground with blue enamel  Roman numerals.   Gold cuvette, number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A small late 19^th Century English lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Small plain 18 carat open face case half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark “JW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A very rare early 20^th Century 18 carat gold English freesprung lever movement in a platinum half hunter case.  Spotted gold half plate keyless movement both plates hallmarked London 1912.  Going barrel.  Plain cock with large diamond endstone, compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Engine turned platinum dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Rare substantial platinum plain half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring fixed by three screws.  Gold bow and winding button.

An early 20^th Century English lever in a silver 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.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Gilt winding button, maker's mark “JK” in a diamond.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a half hunter case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Engine turned silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, vacant shield shaped cartouche on the back cover, maker's mark “GS” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century English lever in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “R&S” in a rectangle.

A slim 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold 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 metal dial with subsidiary seconds, dark blue Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat full hunter case, gold cuvette engraved with a dedication.

An 18^th Century verge with polychrome enamel dial in silver gilt repousse cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain, square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial with a central polychrome enamel scene depicting a couple.  Roman and Arabic numerals, arcaded minute ring, pierced gilt hands.  Silver gilt pair cases the inner with later English hallmarks and the maker's mark “TC” in a rectangle.  The silver gilt outer decorated in chased and engraved repousse work of a classical scene within a rococo border.

An 18^th Century English verge by Ellicott in an Unusual repousse pair case.  Full plate fire gilt movement with gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the regulator and table of the cock.  Decorative pierced pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, large diamond endstone.  Pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Plain silver inner case, the hallmarks indistinct, chased and engraved bow.  Repousse outer case of unusually heavy gauge and high relief.  The finely chased and engraved scene of a hunter holding a fox above his head, horse in the background and hounds baying at his feet.  Rococo border, a foxes head at the base.