Archive of Sold Items

A late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case.  Damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Polished steel flyback chronograph work above the plates.  Push quarter repeating on two steel gongs, visible regulator to the repeating train.  White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph. Subsidiaries for date and seconds combined with the moonphase below.  Rectangular apertures for day and month in Russian either side of the centre, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gilt hands.  Very substantial engine turned 14 carat gold full hunter case, small monogram in the centre of the front cover. Large push button for the minute repeat and a smaller one for the chronograph in the band.

A large late 19^th Century Swiss patent minute repeating chronograph with moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case.  Keyless gilt bar movement, the single going barrel driving both the repeat and going trains.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator,  compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Minute repeating mechanism released by depressing the small button in the band, striking on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph. Subsidiaries for day, date, month and seconds.  Gold and blue enamel moonphase disc visible through the aperture in the seconds subsidiary.  Roman numerals, decorative pierced gold hands.  Substantial large plain 18 carat full hunter case, two gold buttons in the band, one for the flyback centre seconds chronograph, the other to release the minute repeating.  Four steel levers in the front bezel to allow the calendar functions to be set.

A mid 19^th Century English duplex by McCabe fitted 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, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, ruby locking jewel, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Fitted in a later plain silver full hunter case.

A Rolex centre seconds bubbleback gentleman’s wristwatch in an attractive tonneau shaped case with hooded lugs.  Nickel keyless automatic movement with nickel rotor.  Signed metal dial with centre seconds, applied gold Rolex insignia and batons, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Tonneau shaped 14 carat case with gold screw down winding crown marked “Rolex Oyster”.  Signed gold screw bubble back engraved with a list of Christian names.  Hooded lugs for the brown alligator strap with gold Rolex buckle. (Model No. 3065)

A rare early 19^th Century thermometer by Breguet in a gold oval ring.  Oval gilt plate with bimetallic strip and quadrant gears linked to a central pinion.  Fine signed engine turned gold dial marked "Thermometre".  Circular chapter marked in degrees and at the quarters "Glace – Tempere – Chaleur – Fievre".  Gold oval case, engine turned middle, glazed on both sides to reveal the mechanism.  Reeded gold swivel band to allow use as a ring or perhaps as a fob.  Accompanied by a certificate from the archives showing it was sold in 1810 for 336 Francs.

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold musical seal containing an automated erotic scene.  Oval musical movement.  Situated above the movement a polychrome scene of a couple who spring to life when the music plays.  Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold representations of serpents.  Decorated oval band, hinged seal which conceals the scene left plain.  Lateral slide to control musical train.

A late 19^th Century 9 carat gold graduated curb link watch chain.  “T” bar close to  one end of the chain and spring clip on the other. On the short part of the chain a gold swivel seal set with a cornelian and bloodstone.

A Colibri MonoGas lighter with a reeded 9 carat gold sleeve.

A mid 19^th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance.  White enamel dial, the centre painted with a polychrome enamel rural scene of a farmer ploughing a field with two horses, a church in the background.   Roman numerals, gold hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow.  Maker’s mark “PW” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An 18^th Century English quarter repeating verge with champleve dial in decorative silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with signed gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the index.  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 gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case.  Signed silver champleve dial,  engraved gilt edge, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Pierced and engraved silver pair cases, the inner with depictions of dragons and birds, small grotesque mask at six o’clock.  Silver push pendant and stirrup bow, steel pulse piece in the bezel.  Pierced and engraved silver repousse outer case decorated with cherubs and a central vacant cartouche.

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch with cartouche dial in a gold open face case.  Gilt movement with two resting barrels, the larger barrel, being half the diameter of the movement, providing the power for the musical train.  Polished steel stopwork to both barrels.  Plain sector shaped cock, polished steel coqueret, polished steel regulator.  Plain gilt balance with spiral spring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Polished steel work on back plate to control the disc type musical train and a steel “Strike – Silent” lever.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial.  Lateral slide in the band to actuate the musical mechanism, music also playing automatically on the hour.  Signed gold dial with engine turned centre, enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Plain gold open face case, engine turned middle.  Signed gilt cuvette with apertures for winding and hand set.

A late 20^th Century Swiss stainless steel wristwatch with world time indication.  Nickelled 21 jewel lever movement with two arm plain balance, signed nickelled rotor.  Dark blue centre seconds dial with calendar aperture, gilt Roman numerals, luminous hands.  At the edge of the dial a ring rotating once every 24 hours indicating the current time in the twenty four different cities marked on the bezel.  Stainless steel case, the signed back secured by six screws.  Rotating front stainless steel bezel marked with cities around the world indexed with 24 positions.  Marked as being water resistant to 30 metres.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a full hunter diamond set case.  Keyless nickelled 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. White enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and gilt minute markings, gilt hands.  Full hunter case, the bezels and middle set with rows of diamonds.  The front cover set with a very large central diamond surrounded by smaller diamonds in a geometric pattern.  The back cover left plain, probably to avoid snagging on clothing.  Elaborate diamond set bow.

An 18^th Century English quarter repeating verge with champleve dial in decorative silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the index.  Five turned 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.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case.  Signed silver champleve dial, engraved gilt edge, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Fine silver pair cases, the inner pierced and engraved, a large grotesque mask at six o’clock.  Long silver push pendant and stirrup bow.  Repousse silver outer case, also pierced and engraved, four cartouches around the edge of the back, two with busts and the others with baskets of fruit.

A large late 18^th Century quarter repeating verge with calendar in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the index.  Pierced and engraved cock with garnet endstone in a blue steel setting, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the back of the case.  Signed white enamel dial with central chapter for the date, Roman numerals, blue steel calendar hand, decorative gold beetle and poker hands.  Silver pair cases, pierced and engraved inner case, silver push pendant and bow, lateral blue steel slide to make the repeat “a toc”.  Plain silver outer case.

A late 18^th Century English verge with calendar in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with round 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 central indication for day of the month,  Roman numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark "SP" in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A large late 18^th Century English verge with doctor’s dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement, pierced and engraved cock, engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel to stop the watch.  Flat white enamel dial with large subsidiary for seconds intersecting the chapter of Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes.  Fine gold arrow hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark "WB".

A fine early 19^th Century quarter repeating cylinder by Recordon in an engine turned gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Fine white enamel dial with offset subsidiary seconds unusually not marked with numerals, Roman hour numerals, fine blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat red gold open face case with ribbed middle.  Gold push pendant, locking slide in the band, signed gilt cuvette, maker’s mark “PHP”

An early 18^th Century English verge in gold 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.  White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Purpose made plain gold pair cases, unusual hinge on the inner, the bezel with only one central lug.  Gold pendant and bow.

A mid 18^th Century Irish verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked 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.  Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “G.C” below a star in a rectangle.   Irish watchpaper from Gaskin, 22 College Green, Dublin.

A mid 18^th Century English verge in gold pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with decorative pierced gilt pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, large diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, 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. Restored white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gold hands.  22 carat gold pair cases.  Plain gold inner, simple shutter to the winding aperture, small gold pendant and bow, maker’s mark “AC”.  Purpose made plain gold outer case hallmarked London 1788.