Archive of Sold Items

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in an unusual hexagonal gold case.  Slim 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.  Silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Unusual plain 18 carat hexagonal open face case with clip on back and bezel.

An early 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 enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 9 carat full hunter case, monogram on the back cover.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “CN” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century American lever in a silver full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Screwed in jewelling, club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain silver full hunter Dennison case.  Silver cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial (the signature faded), subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain 9 carat half hunter Dennison case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle.  Signed red morocco covered presentation case.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case.  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, screwed in jewelling.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter Dennison case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Gold cuvette engraved with a dedication , maker’s mark “ALD” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century American lever in an engine turned silver half hunter case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate seven jewel 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 half hunter hands. Engine turned silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Silver cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a silver half hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate 15 jewel keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Plain silver Dennison half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle, silver cuvette.  The back cover also bears a special hallmark for George V Silver Jubilee showing the profile of crowned George V and Queen Mary.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a silver half hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate 15 jewel keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Plain silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark “JWB” in a rectangle.  Silver cuvette, gilt winding button.  The back cover also bears a special hallmark for George V Silver Jubilee showing the profile of crowned George V and Queen Mary.  Original sales certificate from December 1935  and warranty with instructions for use on the reverse.  Signed red morocco covered presentation case.

An early 17^th Century gilt German oval watch case made for a striking movement.  Chased and engraved front cover pierced to reveal the numerals.  The back cover decoratively pierced chased and engraved, a square for a bell inside.  Engraved oval middle with later applied silver band.  Fitted with a later English full plate fire gilt verge movement. Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Plain gilt oval dial, Roman numerals for the hours to 12 and Arabic numerals for 13 to 24, heavy single blue steel hand.

A rare miniature mid 18^th Century Swiss verge in a gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine.  Very small 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.  Pentagonal baluster pillars. Wound through the white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gold hands.  Miniature engraved 20 carat gold consular case, the back decorated with a polychrome enamel scene of three figures.  Matching chatelaine of three oval graduated polychrome enamel  plaques mounted in gold frames, the buckle with gilt clasp and two short chains.

A mid 18^th Century French verge in a stone set gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel set garnet endstone, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator.  Pentagonal baluster pillars. Winding through the fully restored signed white enamel dial, white stones set between the Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Three colour gold consular case, oval polychrome enamel portrait of a young woman on the back, restored at the lower edge.  A row of white stones border the portrait and the front bezel.

A late 18^th Century English verge in gilt metal pair cases covered in horn underpainted by a naval scene.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  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. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Gilt metal pair cases, plain inner case, number corresponding to that on the movement.  Gilt metal outer case covered in horn underpainted with a scene of a sailor bidding farewell to his sweetheart, a British naval vessel anchored beside them.

A late 18^th Century Swiss Chinese market verge in a pearl set gilt metal and enamel consular 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 gilt indicator.  Round pillars. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, decorative gilt hands.  Gilt consular case, the bezels set with a row of split pearls.  Polychrome enamel back depicting a young girl in a garden, the edge of blue drapes also set with pearls.

A very rare late 18^th Century Swiss verge with sun and moon dial in a silver open face case.  Unusual slim full plate gilt fusee movement.  The barrel and fusee under a profusely engraved plate standing higher than the rest of the train.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock, broad engraved feet, steel coqueret.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare polychrome enamel dial depicting a church with its clock tower, Arabic numerals in a semi-circle above.  The hours are indicated by a polychrome enamel disc which rotates once every 24 hours.  This is viewed through the large aperture and has on one half the sun in a clear blue sky and on the other the moon among clouds.  At the edge of the semi-circle the hours are marked from six through twelve and back to six in Arabic numerals.  As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left. At the centre a small white square forms the face of the church clock marked at the quarters in Roman numerals, the miniature hand rotating once an hour.  Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle.

An early 19^th Century English verge with Masonic dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round cock, unusual gilt regulator on top plate adjusted by a square in the engraved plate.  Plain three arm steel balance.  Convex white enamel dial, the central polychrome enamel scene with checkerboard floor, all seeing eye, beehive and ark.  The sun, moon and some of the tools picked out in gilt, gold arrow hands.   Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TC” in a rectangle.

An early 19^th Century English verge with unusual polychrome and gilt enamel dial 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.   Unusual convex white enamel dial, the centre with two polychrome enamel scenes set within a gilt decorated frame.  Arabic numerals, gold hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “B.W”.

An early 19^th Century decorative gold open face watch set with turquoise.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement re-built with an English table roller lever escapement.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock, polished steel regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.   Wound through the gold engine turned dial, gold Roman numerals in a matted ground, blue steel Breguet hands. Small two colour 18 carat gold open face case the bezels and back set with turquoise. Ribbed middle, gold pendant marked with the number corresponding to that on the movement.

A 19^th Century French cylinder in a gold and champleve enamel open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with 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.  Signed silver engine turned dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Slim18 carat open face case engraved and decorated with black champleve enamel.  Wound and set through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.

A  slim early 19^th Century French cylinder with digital hours in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with 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.  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 gold open face case, wound and set through the plain gold cuvette.

A mid 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a decorative gold open face case.  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 circular 18 carat open face case surrounded by a chased and engraved floral frame bearing vines and two gryphon heads next to the pendant.  Engraved ad engine turned back, wound and set through the gold cuvette engraved with details of the movement.