Archive of Sold Items

An early 19^th Century Massey type three lever with decorative gold dial in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, blue steel Bosley regulator.  Massey type three lever escapement.  Fine gold dial, engine turned centre, applied gold  Roman numerals on a matted ground and at the edge a three colour gold border.  Gold serpentine hands.  Drum shaped engine turned 18 carat open face case with chased and engraved bezels, engine turned middle.  Maker's mark “IM”.

A small mid 19^th Century English two pin fusee lever in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee brass calibre movement.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index on the plate.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, the impulse  jewel replaced by two pins.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Small engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “SS” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A 19^th Century Savage two pin lever in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Savage two pin lever escapement, escape wheel pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Engine turned 18 carat full hunter case with ribbed middle.  Number corresponding to that on the movement, maker's marks “TW”  and “IMC”.

A fine large mid 19^th Century English chronometer by Frodsham in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with screwed pillars, blue steel fusee ratchet, click and spring.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, freesprung compensation balance with helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer  escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial large engine turned silver open face case, maker's mark “WB”.

A fine large late 19^th Century chronometer with power reserve indication in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, freesprung compensation balance with helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial large plain silver open face case with gold hinges, maker's mark “F.T” in an oval.

A fine large 20^th Century Swiss lever deck watch with power reserve indication in a stainless steel case with deck box and keep 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, escape pivots with endstones. Additional mechanism to allow the watch to be used as a master timekeeper, the jewelled detent acting on a slotted wheel mounted on the escape wheel pinion. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve, the 24 marked in red to indicate when the watch should be wound, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Large stainless steel case with electrical contact in the band.  Clip on cuvette and bezel.  Plain screw on back with Nardin makers mark.  Signed and numbered three tier mahogany deck box with sprung electrical contacts and circuitry under the mahogany cover.  Rating certificate from May 1954 indicating the watch has been set to sidereal time.  Mahogany keep case lined with green baize.

An early 20^th Century English freesprung karrusel in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Gilt 52.5 minute revolving spotted carriage.  Engraved gilt cock with garnet endstone, compensation balance with quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.   White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case, maker's mark “W.S” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An unusual late 18^th Century French eight day cylinder with calendar in a gold consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, the back plain with the exception of the signed raised centre.  Polished steel cylinder, small brass escape wheel, the balance situated  under the dial.  Round pillars with vacant threaded holes.  Wound through the restored signed white enamel dial of unusual design.  The upper half of the dial marked in Arabic numerals from seven through twelve to six repeated in the lower half in Roman numerals.  The minutes also marked twice and the hand rotating once every two hours.  Subsidiaries for the date and regulation of the watch, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat gold consular case.

A 19^th Century English keyless reverse fusee lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt half plate keyless movement with reverse 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, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones under a gilt bridge.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with offset subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Gold hinged back engraved with a monogram, maker's mark “JM” in an oval.  

A Swiss lever Masonic watch with mother of pearl dial in a triangular silver case.  Circular keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Uncut balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Triangular mother of pearl dial with polychrome Masonic symbols in place of the numerals and “Love your fellow man – Lend him a helping hand” below the centre.  Blue steel hands.  Silver case with decoration of a chain around the bezel, a circular ruby red stone below the pendant.  The back, which is hinged to form an easel stand, is chased and engraved with a temple and many other Masonic symbols.  The edge of the case also decorated with further masonic symbols.

An unusual 20^th Century Swiss eight day lever bezel wound and set clock with wind indicator by Zenith.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with large going barrel. Unusual construction with a substantial steel winding wheel attached to the centre of the bowl housing the movement.  This bowl is free to rotate around the movement aided by five sprung ball bearings at its edge. Subsidiary platform for the escapement, plain cock with steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Below the twelve a circular aperture which turns red after the clock has been running for seven days, indicating it should be wound.  Chromed serrated bezel which is turned to wind the clock.  This bezel is raised and turned to adjust the hands.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever with moonphase calendar in a glass ball clock.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Large white enamel dial with subsidiaries for seconds combined with moonphase, day, date and month.  Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial plain silver case with flat glass to the front, maker's mark “RF&Co”.  The back a  hemisphere of glass with a flat to allow the clock to stand. Thumb sets for the time and calendar in the band.

A late 19^th Century silver graduated curb link watch albert with “T” bar.  Spring clip on one end of the chain and sprung ring for the “T” bar and shield shaped fob on the other.  All links marked.

A mid 20^th Century 18 carat gold rope twist chain with sliding “T” bar and sprung clip at one end.

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 pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gilt beetle and poker hands.  Silver pair cases, the inner with split bezel and  maker's mark “IW”.  Plain silver outer case with seven joint square hinge.

A mid 18^th Century English verge with decorative pillars in gold pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with decorative pierced pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock with diamond endstone, 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.  Fully restored white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands.  22 carat gold pair cases, the inner with maker's mark “AC” and small shutter to the winding aperture.  Plain gold outer case hallmarked London 1788, , maker's mark “IP”.

An 18^th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in a silver consular case.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Winding through the signed silver champleve dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Decoratively engraved silver consular case, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “I.B”.

A large late 18^th Century Belgian centre seconds verge with calendar in a silver consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement with dust ring.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Stop lever lacking.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiaries for time and date calendar, Arabic numerals, fine pierced gold hands.  Large plain silver consular case, silver pendant and bow.

An early 19^th Century French verge in a gold open face 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 with blue steel indicator.  White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, wound through the signed gilt metal cuvette.

A slim 19^th Century French cylinder with silver engine turned digital hours dial in a silver 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.  Unusual engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, offset minutes and an aperture above displaying the hours in Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Slim engine turned silver open face case, wound and set through the silver cuvette.

A mid 19^th Century keyless English lever with offset subsidiary seconds in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with  with steel Nicole patent winding work.  Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at nine o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Engine turned 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Clip on back with small engraved monogram,  ribbed middle, maker's mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.