Archive of Sold Items

A late 18^th Century Swiss quarter repeating virgule in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement, suspended going barrel, polished steel quarter repeat work above.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare virgule escapement, brass escape wheel (two teeth repaired).  Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel square section gongs.  Later white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and an inner chapter of red numerals for 13 to 24 hours, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned and engraved silver open face case with ribbed middle, winding through the gilt metal cuvette.

A fine early 19^th Century English duplex with temperature compensation in a gold consular case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator, with bi-metallic compensation curb, silver sector index.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Duplex escapement, ruby locking jewel, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, serpentine gold hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “WM” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 19^th Century English Massey I lever in silver pair cases.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with plain gilt dust cover.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, stamped on the underside of the foot “EM – P – 2672”.   Blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type one lever escapement, thirty tooth escape wheel.  Early form of banking with the pins formed together and screwed on the top plate.  Off white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands.  Matching plain silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “WB” in an oval.

A small 19^th Century English duplex in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand with gold arbor, gold Breguet hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, wound and set through the silver cuvette, maker's mark “CBH”.

A small 19^th Century English duplex in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel Geneva stopwork.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, ruby locking jewel.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Silver open face case with decorative chased and engraved back, wound and set through the silver inner dome, maker's mark “WD”.

A large English keyless fusee freesprung lever with power reserve indication in a silver open face case and mahogany deck box.  Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone.   Compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Unusual dust shield protecting the balance. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain silver open face case with gilt winding button.  Maker's mark “JW&Co” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.  Fitted in a fine three tier mahogany deck box with brass furniture, steel key to the lock.

A mid 20^th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch by Ulysse Nardin in an unusual octagonal mahogany desk stand.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, the centre seconds transfer wheel above.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  Heavy compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Signed and numbered white enamel dial marked “CW” and with the Ministry of Defence broad arrow mark.  Centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Silver open face case, glassless bezel, the  screw back engraved with the Ministry arrow and “H.S.^2”, Nardin's makers mark. Unusual purpose made octagonal mahogany desk stand housing the brass keep case with glazed screw bezel.  The winding crown is accessed by sliding three sides out from the the remaining five.

An English fusee chronometer with helical hairspring in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone.  Freesprung compensation balance with helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones.  Off white enamel dial marked “Chronometer”, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain silver open face case, maker's mark “W.B” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever movement by IWC fitted in a stainless steel wristwatch. Gilt 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.  Signed white metal dial, subsidiary seconds offset at 9 o'clock, black Arabic numerals and applied polished batons, blue steel Breguet hands.  Large purpose made stainless steel wristwatch case.  Glazed back to display the movement.  Brown leather strap with white stitching.

A heavy late 19th  Century silver graduated curb link watch albert with central “T” bar. Spring clips on both ends, one with a 1908 silver threepenny piece.  Short length of chain with silver fob attached engraved “John Low 1892”.   All links marked.

A rare late 19^th Century striking clock with lever tourbillion platform in a four glass polished brass case.  Large rectangular polished brass eight day movement with two going barrels.  Steel hour and half-hour rack striking work visible on the back plate.  Rare large rectangular tourbillion platform visible through a glazed aperture in the top of the case.  Long polished steel carriage pivoted under a diagonal polished steel bridge.  Compensation balance with freesprung spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed plain gilt dial with silvered mask.  White enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals, the two winding squares below.  Blue steel Breguet hands.  Four glass polished brass case with bow fronted hinged glazed door, plain top with square aperture revealing the platform.

A late 19^th Century Swiss automated singing bird in a tortoiseshell box .  Brass movement keywound through the base.  Bellows and piston mechanism to vary the song of the bird. .  The bird covered in iridescent humming bird feathers.  Moving the gilt lateral slide on the front of the box causes the gold and enamel oval lid to open and the bird to hinge into an upright position.  It starts its song, rotates left and right, flaps its wings and opens and closes its beak.  Moving the slide to the left folds the bird back into the case and the lid closes.  Tortoiseshell box with a compartment at the back with a hinged tortoiseshell lid. The top of oval gilt hinged cover to the bird decorated with a polychrome enamel floral scene. Inside a lakeside alpine scene.  Gilt tooled red morocco box lined with purple velvet.

A rare late 17^th Century English verge, silver champleve dial with blue steel regulator disc 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 large pierced and engraved bridge cock depicting drums and flags.  The finely chased and engraved parcel gilt silver cartouche at its centre bears a portrait of the future Queen Anne.   Winding through the cock and four arm plain steel balance.   Pierced and engraved plate retaining the regulator slide which is adjusted by the gilt and blue steel disc set below the numeral “XII” on the dial.  The two are connected by a shaft running through the hollow barrel arbor.  Signed silver champleve dial.  Roman and Arabic numerals, fine blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, split bezel silver pendant and bow square hinge to the outer case.  Maker's mark IB” below a crown and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A fine late 17^th Century English mock pendulum verge with Sun and Moon champleve dial in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Mock pendulum cock with decoratively pierced and engraved table, open semi circular section to reveal the oscillating bob on one arm of the steel balance. Pierced and engraved foot and plate for the regulator square.  Signed silver champleve dial, Arabic numerals for the minutes, blue steel poker hand. The hours are indicated by a blue steel disc which rotates once every 24 hours.  This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture and has engraved on one half the gilt sun and on the other the moon.  At the edge of the semi-circle the hours are marked from six through twelve and back to six in Roman numerals.  As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left.  Plain silver  inner case, silver pendant and ring bow,  maker's mark “Bl”.  Plain silver outer case.

An early 18^th Century English verge with champleve dial in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster  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 with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt beetle and poker hands.  Plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and stirrup bow, maker's mark “TH”.

An 18^th Century English cylinder by Mudge and Dutton in a gold consular case.  Full plate fire gilt movement with signed dust cover.  Pierced and engraved masked cock with diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Plain 22 carat gold consular case, gold button later gilt bow, maker's mark “PM”.

An unusually large late 18^th Century English verge with champleve dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement, Egyptian pillars with galleries above.  Large pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc marked with Turkish numerals.  Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Unusual large silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the minute numerals also indicate the quarters.  border of engraved decoration, the centre with repousse figures, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Large matching silver pair cases, the bezels on the outer decoratively engraved, silver pendant and bow.  

A late 18^th Century English verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with fusee and chain.  Pierced and engraved cock with a small representation of an urn, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “WD”.

An early 19^th Century English verge with unusual named and dated dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with fusee and chain.  Attractive cock pierced and engraved in a close pattern of concentric circles.  Unusual regulator, the square in a blue steel disc, a blue steel indicating to an index on the plate.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare white enamel dial, the numerals replaced by “W. Ashmore. 1803”, probably the original owner's name, blue steel hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “WH” in a rectangle.

A late 18^th Century French centre seconds verge with date calendar in a nickle 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.  Small lateral stop lever under the bezel at three o'clock.  Winding through the signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, small chapter for the time with Arabic numerals and another for the day of the month above, blue steel hands.  Plain open face nickle case with ribbed middle.

A late 19^th Century English lever with Burdess patent winding in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt movement with dust ring hinging from the case.  Fusee and chain with Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved gilt cock with garnet endstone, blue steel Boselyregulator.   Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever.  The winding lever protrudes through the inner dome of the case, engaging a ratchet mounted on the fusee square via a sprung pawl.  The watch is wound by moving this lever backwards and forwards.  The hands set by moving a wheel at the edge of the dial.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, blue steel hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle.  The back cover which is decorated with a vacant cartouche set within a circle is opened by depressing a button in the pendant.  Maker's mark “EH” and number corresponding to that on the movement.