Archive of Sold Items

A rare late 19^th Century English keyless fusee chronometer in a gold open face case.  Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone.  Heavy compensation balance with freesprung helical blue steel hairspring.  Earnshaw spring detent chronometer escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat open face case, the back with a monogram in translucent dark blue enamel.  Plain gold cuvette, button in the band depressed when winding the watch, maker's mark “JW” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 18^th Century English pedometer in a shagreen and gilt consular case.  Brass mechanism with star wheel and rocking bar actuated by a chain attached to a pulley. Sprung friction device compensating for large movements of the clip.  Each step taken by the wearer advances the hand by one division.  Signed white enamel dial the centre hand marked to one hundred steps.  The two subsidiaries marked for one mile and twelve miles, Arabic numerals, fine blue steel hands.  Gilt metal case covered in shagreen and decorated with gilt pique pins. Long rectangular section brass bar, unusually the hinge aligns with the bezels.

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold and enamel musical seal.  Oval musical movement on a barrel with pins at its edge operating 9 steel tinges.  Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold and enamel. Reeded oval band with the seal left plain.  Lateral slide to control musical train.

An unusual 19^th Century Swiss musical movement in a turquoise set gold hunter case.  Circular gilt musical movement with a large barrel driving a pinned disc engaging with twenty tignes.  Gold clip on cover to the movement chased and engraved on a matted ground.  Gold hunter case decoratively chased and engraved, set with turquoise on both side.  Small aperture on the back for the male key, the front cover opened by a button in the gold pendant.  Gold key with male square.

A late 19^th Century 9 carat rose gold graduated curb link watch Albert with central “T” bar.  Spring clips on both ends of the chain, all links marked.  

A late 19^th Century watch key inset with a compass.  Circular body of the key edged by silver rope twist border, chased and engraved back decorated in a floral pattern.  Small compass under a glazed cover.

A heavy late 19^th Century 18 carat yellow gold watch Albert with a spring clip on one end and large sprung jump ring on the other. All links marked.  

A late 19^th Century watch key with a double sided  compass.  Gold band to the compass glazed on both sides held within a circular frame.  Four squares around the frame a enamelled in blue with the cardinal points.

A mid 18^th Century chased and engraved gilt chatelaine.  The pierced buckle chased and engraved with a lyre and other musical instruments in an oval cartouche.  This supports six chains, the two centre ones with four pierced chased and engraved links terminating in a gilt hinged clip secured by a threaded collar for hanging the watch.   Four further short chains hang from the buckle for accessories, each also with hinged gilt clips secured by threaded collars.

A large early 20^th Century Swiss lever watch in a substantial silver and glass inkwell stand.  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. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Large plain open face nickle case with gilt winding button.  The watch secured in the silver top of the inkwell by a broad bayonet fit bezel.  The silver housing on an unusual double hinged mechanism which allows the watch to be seen, dial up, when the inkwell is closed.  Heavy  square glass inkwell with champfered corners and geometrically cut base, the glass with an attractive yellow tinge.

A late 19^th Century watch stand in the form of a bow top chest decorated in tortoiseshell, bone and ivory.  Constructed of sandalwood, the top hinged along one short edge. Hinged stand for the watch, 55 mm velvet lined opening with an engraved ivory mask.  Wooden stay to the stand and below a compartment with a hollow to store another watch.  Plated hinges and lock with pierced steel key.  The box veneered in tortoiseshell decorated with ivory straps, borders and delicate filigree panels all secured by ivory pins.  Supported on four claw feet.

A fine large late 17^th Century French oignon pocket watch with cartouche dial in pique decorated case.  Very deep full plate fire gilt movement with slender Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain.  Chased and engraved cock with sunburst decoration, sem-circular aperture to reveal a steel bob on one arm of the plain steel balance.  Below this the regulator index adjusted by a square next to the cock.  Engraved gilt dial set with white enamel cartouches of black bordered blue Roman numerals, enamelled ring marked for the hours and quarters.  Wound through the centre of the later single blue steel hand.  Deep gilt metal consular case, gilt pendant and ring bow.  Shells to the case covered in black leather decorated with fine gold pique pins.

An unusual late 17^th Century English verge, the silver champleve dial with sector for regulating the watch 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 mask, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance.  Signed silver champleve dial, blue steel and gilt sector of a disc visible below the twelve for regulating the watch with a female square.  Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.   Silver pair cases, plain inner with split bezel, silver pendant and later ring bow, maker's mark “LD”.  Plain outer with seven joint square hinge.

A large 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 cock with later polished steel coqueret, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Silver pair cases, split bezel to the inner case, silver pendant and bow. Outer case with square hinge, maker's mark “H G” in a rectangle.

A large late17^th Century English verge with silver champleve calendar 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 mask, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial, rectangular aperture below the centre for the date, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, split bezel, circular shutter to the winding aperture, silver pendant and bow.  Seven joint square hinge to the outer case, both cases with maker’s mark “I W” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 18^th Century English verge with silver 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, broad pierced and engraved foot.  Plain three arm gilt balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and stirrup bow. Plain outer with square five joint hinge, maker's mark “VB”.

An early 18^th Century verge by George Graham with gold champleve dial fitted in a gold consular case.  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 mask, diamond endstone in a blue steel setting, broad pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed gold champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching 22 carat gold pair cases, gold pendant and bow, maker's mark “WS”.  Both cases numbered 5045, the inner with an extra winding aperture.

An early 19th English verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “WD”.

A mid 19^th Century English lever by Nicole Nielsen in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with Nicole's patent winding.   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 white enamel dial, subsidiary seconds offset at nine o'clock, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring secured by three gold screws. Clip on back, maker's mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A late 19^th Century English lever with silver and gold dial in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with garnet endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Engine turned silver dial with applied gold Roman numerals and decoration in the centre.  Subsidiary seconds, blue steel hands.  Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, vacant shield shaped cartouche and garter on the back.   Maker's mark “EW” and  number corresponding to that on the movement.

A large late 19^th Century English lever in an engine turned gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the plate.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle.  Vacant shield shaped cartouche on the back surrounded by a garter, maker's mark “WS” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.