Archive of Sold Items

An early 19^th Century Swiss verge with gold and enamel cartouche dial in a gold engine turned 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.  Gold dial with engine turned centre, enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals separate by engraving, blue steel Breguet hands.   Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, the sprung front bezel opened by depressing a button in the pendant.

An early 19^th Century English verge in very substantial silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round cock, blue steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Very substantial matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “SB”.

A 19^th Century English lever in a gilt metal open face case.  Keywind gilt movement of unusual design, the train under a single footed cock.  Large suspended going barrel with Geneva stopwork.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones.   Attractive white enamel dial with offset subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned open face case with engine turned middle, marked in the dome and back “Ried's Patent”.

A mid 19^th Century English lever with memorial dial in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel regulator, silver sector index.  English table roller lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  Unusual white enamel dial with small subsidiary seconds, the numerals replaced by the name “Charles Jones” and marked “Deceased 1894”, blue steel hands. Engine turned silver open face case, maker's mark “TG”.

A mid 19^th Century French independent seconds lever with three colour gold dial in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement, two suspended going barrels with polished Geneva stopwork, the larger for the going train.  Plain cock, blue steel regulator with temperature compensation curb, polished steel parachute suspension for the top balance pivot.  Uncut bimetallic balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Lever escapement with impulse on the pallets. Separate independent train for the centre seconds hand which  jumps once each second. Fine engine turned gold dial, applied three colour gold decoration to the centre and outer border.  Independent centre seconds, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with chased and engraved bezels, pendant and bow. Engine turned back with central engraved scene of a mother and child sitting beside a brook. Small slide in the ribbed middle to start and stop the independent seconds. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette. Dedication engraved on the inside of the back lid to “C J C White – Saratoga Spigs”, a well executed coat of arms above.

A 19^th Century Swiss independent seconds lever in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with two suspended going barrels under separate bridges.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance, overcoil hairspring. Club foot straight line lever escapement.  Seperate independent train for the centre seconds hand which  jumps once each second.  Off white enamel dial with continuous subsidiary seconds and independent jump centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case, small slide in the band to start and stop the independent seconds.  Wound and set through the gold cuvette, dedication on the inside of the back lid, maker's mark “SQ” in a shield.

A mid 19^th Century English lever by McCabe in a silver 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.  English table roller lever escapement, escape wheel pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Faded engine turned silver full hunter case with ribbed middle, gold hinges.  Number corresponding to that on the movement, maker's mark “CBH” in an oval, “SS” and “IMC”.

A 19^th Century English fusee lever with detachable key.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, silver sector index.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.   Faded engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, the movement hinging out.  The watch has the appearance of being keyless as it has a winding crown.  This is the detachable key: It pulls out of the pendant and may be used to set the hands or wind the watch.  Maker's mark “SF” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century English lever in a silver full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain silver full hunter case, maker's mark “CJT”

A large late 19^th Century English fusee lever with silver dial in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Signed and numbered engine turned and engraved silver dial, subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial silver open face case profusely chased and engraved an applied gold garter on the back cover.  Maker's mark “JH” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever with double sided calendar in a gold case.  Keyless nickelled anti-magnetic bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with Paillard overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement.  Silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the dial on a blue steel and gold disc.  The other calendar indications are on the other side of the watch under a sprung hunter cover and glazed gold bezel.  The days of the week and date shown by a single pierced gilt hand and the month in a rectangular aperture.  The number of the days in each month are also given and the outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date.  The date changed automatically by a pawl on the movement.   Rare gold case, black champleve enamel monogram on the sprung back cover opened by depressing a button in the crown.

A late 19^th Century English lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement, raised section over the going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat gold half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark “PW” in an oval, number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds lever in a gold 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.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel centre seconds hand, gilt half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Slide in the band to stop the watch, maker's mark “JR” in a diamond.

An early 20^th Century Swiss buttonhole lapel watch in a gold case.  Gilt keyless bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Small white enamel dial with gilt minute markings and black Arabic numerals, the number twelve in red, blue steel hands.  Gold 9 carat case, the movement housed in the larger section worn behind the lapel.  The narrow neck of the case houses the cannon pinion and supports the dial set under a glazed bezel.

A large 20^th Century English lever by Dent in a gold open face case.  Gilt half plate keyless movement, raised section to the  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 and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat drum shaped open face case.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “RN” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 20^th Century English lever in an engine turned full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Engine turned 9 carat full hunter case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “JWB Ld” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A mid 20^th Century Swiss lever gold dress watch.  Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Silvered dial signed by the retailer “Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd. – 112 Regent St.  W.1”. Subsidiary seconds, gilt  Roman numerals outside the minute markings, gilt hands.  Plain 9 carat open face case, plain clip on gold back.

A late 17^th Century English silver champleve dial verge in silver and tortoiseshell pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pierced tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock, pierced and engraved foot with irregular edge.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc, unusual hand indicating the setting. Fine signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine blue steel tulip hour hand and triangular section minute hand.  Plain silver inner case, split bezel, maker's mark “VB”.  Outer case with silver bezels covered in partially restored tortoiseshell and decorated with silver pique pins and inlaid wire work.  In the centre an engraved silver coat of arms for John Marriot of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.

An early 18^th Century English cylinder in gold repousse pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock with large diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, the edge of the table cut away for the banking pin.  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.  White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  22 carat gold pair cases, plain inner, gold pendant and stirrup bow.  Fine repousse gold outer case depicting a soldier saying farewell before boarding a sailing vessel.

A mid 18^th Century English verge in gilt shagreen pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock with lace edge to the table.  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.  Attractive white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Plain gilt metal inner case.  Gilt metal outer covered in shagreen decorated with gilt pique pins.

A fine late 18^th Century French centre seconds cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case.  Unusual slim full plate gilt movement, the spring for the resting barrel under an engraved bridge.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel regulator under a polished steel bridge.  Polished steel cylinder.  Wound through the convex white enamel centre seconds dial, Arabic numerals, fine gold beetle and poker hands, serpentine centre seconds hand.  Gold and enamel case, the bezels engraved at the edge and with two bands of pale blue and white enamel.  Fine polychrome enamel scene of a classically dressed young woman in a formal garden, an architect working at her feet.  Pale translucent pink enamel over an engine turned ground.  Rectangular gold and enamel pendant and octagonal gold bow.