Archive of Sold Items

A large late 19^th Century English centre seconds lever in a substantial gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel centre seconds hand, gold hands. Substantial plain 18 carat gold full hunter case, gold cuvette, flat crystal glass.  Small chronograph slide in the band to stop the balance, number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century American lever in a decorative gold box hinged full hunter case.  Full plate gilt keyless movement, engraved cock with garnet endstone.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, polished steel regulator, club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Gold 9 carat full hunter case with box hinges, the covers decoratively engraved, vacant area on the front cover for a signature.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “B.W.C.Co”

A large late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a nickle open face case.  Keyless 30 hour gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.   White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, bold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial large plain open face nickle case.

An early 20^th Century English lever by sir John Bennett in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel under a raised section in the plate.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat full hunter case with gold cuvette, maker's mark “JG” in a rectangle.  The front cover with an engraved signature on the inside is hallmarked London 1954 and bears the makers mark “ATO” for Alfred Thomas Oliver who continued to work as a casemaker into the late 20th Century.

An early 19^th Century American lever in a gold full hunter case retailed by Mappin.  Nickelled split three quarter plate 19 jewel 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 in gold settings.  White enamel dial signed for both Waltham and Mappin, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat Dennison full hunter case, gold cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle.  Gilt tooled dark red morocco covered presentation box lined in red velvet and signed for Garrards

An early 20^th Century American lever in a large silver open face case.  Damascened nickelled full plate keyless movement with gold screws, going barrel. Plain cock with unusual polished steel micrometer regulator, gold sector index on the plate.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, black Roman and red Arabic numerals for the minutes, blue steel hands.  Substantial silver open face case, decoratively engraved back, gold hinges, gilt winding button and silver bow.  Silver cuvette, maker's mark “Dueber” in a rectangle.

An early 20^th Century English centre seconds lever in a gold full 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.  Signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. The movement hinging from the one piece body of the plain 18 carat full hunter case.  Small chronograph slide in the band to stop the balance, maker's mark “WTS” in an oval. Number corresponding to that on the movement.  

An early 20^th Century Swiss 8 day lever with visible escapement in a silver full hunter case.  Hebdomas keyless eight day movement with the large resting barrel covering the back of the watch marked “8 Jours Ancre – Qualite Supereuer Garantie – Spiral Breguet Levees Visible – Swiss Made”.  Engraved bridge cock to the left of the dial, polished steel regulator.  Uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial, silver Roman numerals in violet circular cartouches, silver decoration above and below the chapter ring, blue steel hands.   Silver full hunter case, decoratively engraved covers, the front with a vacant shield shaped cartouche.  Maker's mark “GS” in a rectangle.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a slim decorative gold full hunter case.  Spotted nickelled 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 engine turned white metal dial with subsidiary seconds, black Arabic numerals on a frosted ground, blue steel hands.  Slim engine turned 18 carat full hunter case.  The covers with graduated leaf patterns flanking an line engine turned centre, the front cover with a vacant oval cartouche.  Signed gold cuvette, maker's mark “JW”.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever minute recording chronograph in a stainless steel open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel, the flyback minute recording chronograph work above.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed grained steel dial with subsidiaries for continuous seconds and 30 minute record, flyback centre seconds chronograph.  The innermost chapter of black Arabic numerals for the time with the seconds markings outside.  Beyond this two further scales in blue and red markings, blue steel hands.  Plain stainless steel open face case with clip on back marked “Staybright”.  Short stainless steel chain.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold half hunter case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate 15 jewel  keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain 9 carat Dennison half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker’s mark “ALD” in a rectangle.

A 20^th Century English lever in a gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain 9 carat full hunter case with gold cuvette, maker's mark “JWB” in a rectangle.

A mid 18^th Century English verge in very fine gold repousse pair cases by Moser.  Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered silver dust cover.  Pierced and engraved masked cock with large diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain, turned pillars.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Unusual white enamel dial with delicate Arabic numerals around a fine tracery border, gold beetle and poker hands.  Gold inner case unusually also decorated with foliate engraving around the edge, a grotesque mark at the base and small scene around the pendant.  In the centre a bird perched in reeds surrounded by a symmetrical border, maker's mark “EB” with fleur dis lis above.  Superbly worked 22 carat outer case of chased and engraved repousse work signed “Moser  f” at the feet of the figure.  Symmetrical repousse border to the main scene which depicts a musician playing a lyre surrounded by animals, including a stag, boar, wolf, lamb, lion and leopard.  Outside the border a frieze of small landscapes and buildings

A small mid 18^th Century French verge in an unusual gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, pentagonal baluster pillars.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Small gold consular case with engraved and enamel foliate decoration.  The stems and leaves engraved in gold surrounded by dark translucent blue enamel over an engraved ground.  The flowers in raised polychrome enamel standing slightly proud of the rest of the case.

A small mid 18^th Century English verge in a gilt Bilston enamel consular case.  Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain.  Pierced and engraved masked cock with diamond endstone, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the restored signed white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Unusual small Bilston restored green enamel consular case decorated with polychrome foliate panels.  Inside decoration of red and blue flowers on a white ground.  Gilt metal bezels, pendant and stirrup bow.

Amid 18^th Century Swiss verge in a gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, pentagonal baluster pillars.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, endstone in a polished steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative stone set white metal hands.  Three colour gold consular case, the bezel and border of the back decorated with chased and engraved putti, flowers and fruit.  Small polychrome enamel sections around the front bezel.  The centre of the back with a polychrome enamel scene of a couple lying in a field of corn being disturbed by an onlooker.

A small 18^th Century Swiss verge in diamante set gold and enamel pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal 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 gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Plain 18 carat inner case.  Decorative engraved gold outer case, the back with an oval polychrome enamel portrait of a woman.  Dark blue enamel border overlaid by a diamante set pierced white metal mask, diamante border to the front bezel.

An 18^th Century English verge with rural enamel scene in silver pair cases.  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, central white chapter of Roman numerals around which a polychrome enamel scene depicting a hunter and a fisherman.  Fine gilt hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “IP” in a rectangle.

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in an unusual pearl set gold 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 blue steel indicator.  Wound through the restored signed white enamel dial Arabic numerals, gold arrow hands. Gold consular case, the bezels set with a row of split pearls.  The back set with an unusual pierced, chased and engraved gold oval plate set transversely.  A small section of the plate with enamel depicting a fountain, the remainder engraved with a scene of a woman and cherub either side.  The piercing revealing the plain polished gold back of the case.  Graduated split pearls border the scene which is set in dark translucent blue enamel over an engine turned ground.  The front bezel opened by depressing a button in the gold pendant.

A late 18^th Century English silver coloured and underpainted horn pair cased pocket watch.  Fitted with a mid 18th Century full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Plain silvered metal inner case, maker’s mark “JR”.  Attractive underpainted horn outer case with silver bezels and pique pins.  The well painted scene of a squire riding a horse, fences and a cottage in the background with gilt details and border.