Archive of Sold Items

An unusual mid 19^th Century Swiss silver and enamel gem set chatelaine with a concealed watch.  Keywind gilt bar 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 hands.  Unusual chatelaine consisting of two silver and enamel buckles, the lower one containing the watch.  Both buckles similarly decorated with a polychrome enamel  scene with two children bordered by two rows of violet stones divided by a row of split pearls.  The cover of the lower buckle hinges open to reveal the dial of the watch, the gilt oval plate opening with the movement to allow it to be wound and set.  A long single pierced chain joins the buckles, also set with violet stones and split pearls.  The upper buckle also supports two similar chains, one with a decorative cast key set with stones and split pearls, the other an uncut bloodstone seal mounted in a silver swan.

A small late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder watch in a rare silver niello case in the form of a lute..  Keywind gilt bar 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 and Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Small engine turned silver open face case, a four leaf clover engraved on the back.  Gilt metal cuvette, maker's mark “R & Co”.  The watch sits in a compartment in the back of an unusual silver niello case in the form of a lute.  The well made silver lute  is decorated on the sound board in black niello work, the dial visible through the glazed soundhole. The neck is similarly decorated to imitate the finger board above which are four gilt metal strings running through a silver bridge.  Fine teardrop shaped hinged bowl decorated in a fine checkerboard pattern of niello work housing the watch.  The end of the neck is turned over to form a hook.

A 20th  Century Swiss lever in a silver case in the form of a skull with matching silver chain.  Small circular nickelled bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Uncut balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Wound through the engraved silver dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Cast silver case in the form of a skull. The top of the skull hinges at the back to reveal the dial.  Matching silver chain with cast links in the form of bones and a hand, serpent form hook and silver key in the form of a flintlock pistol.  

A mid 18^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case.  Wound through the signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced stone set hands.  Gold consular case, engraved and line pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly.  Front bezel with a border of stones in a white metal setting bordering the dial.  The back with applied gold floral decoration, red and green champleve enamel.  A small stone set circle is bordered by a band of dark translucent enamel over an engine turned ground.

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch in a gold and enamel open face case.  Gilt movement with two resting barrels, the larger barrel, being half the diameter of the movement, providing the power for the musical train.  Plain sector cock, polished steel coqueret and regulator, plain gilt balance with spiral blue steel hairspring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Polished steel work on back plate to control the disc type musical train.  Pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial.  Small button in the band to actuate the musical mechanism.  White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Unusual gold open face case, the back of dark blue enamel decorated in gilt and polychrome enamel depicting a lute in the centre.  Ribbed middle, wound through the gilt cuvette.

An early 20^th Century Swiss minute repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Grained steel flyback chronograph work above the plates.  Push button minute repeating on two steel gongs, visible regulator to the repeat train.  White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph.  Subsidiaries for day, date, month and seconds combined with the moonphase below.  Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gilt hands.  Plain 18 carat gold full hunter case.  Large push button for the repeat and a small button for the chronograph in the band.

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a silver 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.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs.  Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle, silver push pendant for the repeat.  Signed sprung gilt metal cuvette.

A mid 19^th Century English minute repeating lever with offset seconds and Nicole winding in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with steel Nicole patent winding work.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds offset at eleven o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Slim plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Gold slide recessed in the band.  Clip on plain gold back engraved with a lion's head above a crown.  Maker's mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  In a velvet lined red morocco case.

An unusual mid 18^th Century English cylinder with subsidiary seconds in gilt metal pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock with garnet 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.  Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel.  Slot for balance stopwork, now lacking.  Purpose made white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds marked on the back “Fletcher – July 27 1824”.  Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.   Plain gilt metal pair cases.

A fine late 18^th Century Scottish cylinder in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Pierced and engraved masked cock with diamond endstone, silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel.  White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gold hands.  Matching silver pair cases, engraved monogram on the back, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IL” in a rectangle.

An early 19^th Century English lever by Barwise with a black dial in a silver full hunter case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator the index pins acting through a slot in the table.  Plain four arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Unusual black enamel dial with white Roman numerals, white metal hands.  Plain silver full hunter case, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “RG” in a rectangle.

A small late 18^th Century Swiss virgule in a gold and enamel case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain sector cock with polished steel regulator.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Rare virgule escapement, brass escape wheel.  Engine turned gold dial with applied gold Arabic numerals, gilt hands.   Small gold and enamel case, the fully restored back depicting a couple in a formal garden either side of a blue bell  on which stands a gilt cupid.  Wound and set through the signed and numbered gilt metal cuvette.

A 19^th Century Lepine calibre duplex in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement. Signed and numbered suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork partly under a gilt cover.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Duplex escapement, escape wheel pivots with endstones.  Engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, blue steel fleur-de-lys hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case with vacant circular cartouche on the back, engine turned middle.   Wound through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.  Number corresponding to that on the movement, maker's mark “FD”, additionally “IMC”.

A mid 19^th Century English chronometer with duo in uno hairspring by Frodsham in a silver open face case.  Gilt half plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone.  Compensation balance with rare freesprung duo in uno blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement, escape and seconds pivots with endstones.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “TH” in an oval.  

An early 19^th Century English chronometer by Pennington in a gold consular case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, Pennington compensation balance with blue steel arms.  Freesprung helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement with adjustable dovetailed foot.  Gold dial with engine turned centre, subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals on a matted ground.  Blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Plain 18 carat consular case, maker's mark “LC”.

A 19^th Century English fusee chronometer in a decorative gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone.  Heavy compensation balance with freesprung blue steel helical hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement.  Screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones.  white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial 18 carat full hunter case profusely chased and engraved overall with floral decoration, vacant shield shaped cartouche on the from cover.  Wound and set through the gold cuvette which also bears decorative floral engraving, maker's mark “AS” in a rectangle.

A rare late 19^th Century Massey type 4 fusee lever in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel Bosley regulator.  Very large slow beating plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Rare type four Massey lever escapement, the lever with three slots to allow the balance to rotate more than 360 degrees.  Gilt escape wheel with raised teeth.  Signed three piece white enamel dial, the centre and subsidiary seconds fully restored, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case with ribbed middle vacant shield shaped cartouche on the back.  Gold hinges,   maker's mark “JH” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A large 19^th Century English keyless fusee lever with power reserve indication in a gold open face case.  Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with gilt regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial large plain 18 carat open face case, small blue champleve enamel head of a dog in the centre of the back cover.  Maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A late 19^th Century Swiss pedometer wind lever in a silver full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate movement with going barrel wound by an oscillating weight.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Automatic winding work set above the plate carries a weight set at the side which oscillates as the wearer walks, safety mechanism to avoid over-winding.   Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Engine turned silver full hunter case, the flyspring for the font cover lacking.  Signed and numbered silver cuvette, aperture to allow the watch to be wound by key if desired and central thumbwheel for hand set.

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds lever with power reserve indication in a gold open face case.   Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Engraved 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.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiary at six o'clock showing the state of winding.  Roman numerals, blue steel centre seconds hand, gilt hands.  Substantial plain 18 carat open face case with slide in the band to stop the balance.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “S.Y”, flat crystal glass.

An early 20^th Century English lever deck watch in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with broad Ministry of Defence broad arrow.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with Ministry of Defence broad arrow, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain silver open face case, maker's mark “WB” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.