Archive of Sold Items

A small late 18^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a decorative consular case and protective outer.  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.  Push pendant quarter repeating, originally on a bell, now on a brass block secured to the case.  Wound through the engine turned gold dial, applied gold Arabic numerals on a matted ground, gold hands.  Decorative three colour gold consular case, gold push pendant, number corresponding to that on the movement.  Gilt shagreen protective outer decorated with gilt pique pins.

A large slim early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a gold engine turned case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre bar movement with suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain sector shaped cock with polished steel regulator, polished steel endstone.  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. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, gold push pendant, maker’s mark “PG”.  Wound and set through the signed sprung gilt metal cuvette

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch with gold 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 Geneva stopwork.  Pierced 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.  Pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial.  Lateral slide in the band to actuate the musical mechanism.  The music also playing automatically on the hour.  Signed gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands.  Fine engine turned gold open face case, ribbed middle.  Gilt cuvette with apertures for winding.

A mid 19^th Century English half quarter repeating fusee lever in an engine turned gold full hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat full hunter case, recessed gold slide in the ribbed middle.  Circular cartouches on the covers, one engraved with a squirrel, the other a monogram with Grimstead below.  Maker’s mark “AS” in an oval. Number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century minute repeating English lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel spiral 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 seconds hand, gold half hunter hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, recessed gold slide in the band.  Gold cuvette with a long dedication, maker’s mark “JK” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 18^th Century English centre seconds cylinder in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with turned pillars, gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the silver index.  Pierced and engraved cock with large diamond endstone in a blue 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.  Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel.  Fine white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, seconds track at the edge.  Steel centre seconds hand situated between the gold beetle and poker hands. Purpose made matching silver pair cases hallmarked 1851, lateral steel stop lever.

An early 19^th Century English duplex with decorative four colour gold dial in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, small silver sector index on the plate.  Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Fine decorative gold dial with subsidiary seconds.  Matted ground,  three colour applied gold decoration to the centre and edge, applied polished gold Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands. Decorative 18 carat gold open face case, faded engine turned back.  Chased and engraved middle, bezels, pendant and bow, maker’s mark “GB”.

An early 19^th Century English Massey type three lever in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, the dust cover pierced to reveal the cock and polished barrel setup ratchet and spring.  Harrison’s maintaining power.  Chased and engraved cock inscribed “Patent” on the foot.  Diamond endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator.   Plain three arm polished steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Large screwed in Liverpool window jewelling to all pivots including the fusee with the exception of the centre.   Massey type three  lever escapement.  Lateral steel lever to stop the watch under the front bezel.   White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Decorative 18 carat gold open face case, chased and engraved middle, bezels, pendant and bow, engine turned back with vacant cartouche at the centre.  Maker’s mark “F & F” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A mid 19^th Century English duplex 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. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, jewelled locking roller and pivots with endstones.   Signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Engine turned 18 carat full hunter case, engine turned middle.  Unusual gold clip retaining the front hunter cover, small engraved monogram to the central circular cartouche.   Clip on back, maker’s mark “AN” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.   Unusual gold winding crown and bow.

A late 19^th Century French automated singing bird in a gold inlaid horn box .  Brass going barrel movement keywound through the base. Small bellows and piston mechanism provides air to a variable whistle to mimic birdsong operated by a system of cams and levers.   The bird covered with multi-coloured feathered plumage, iridescent highlights to bib and wings.  Moving the gilt lateral slide on the front of the box causes the oval lid to open and the bird to hinge into an upright position, rising through chased and pierced gilt grille.  While playing the automated bird moves its bone beak, flaps its wings, bobs its  tail feather and moves from side-to-side, synchronised to the continuous birdsong.  Horn box, the top inlaid with gold stars, a compartment at the back with a hinged horn lid.  Oval gilt hinged cover to the bird with a classically dressed couple walking through a garden in restored polychrome enamel.  The underside with a polychrome floral spray on a puce ground.  In a black morocco covered fitted case lined with blue velvet, the key in a recess below.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever by Longines in a silver trench watch.  Nickelled 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 white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, luminous Arabic numerals and hands. Plain silver open face case, hinged back and silver cuvette.  Hinged silver lugs, slender black crocodile strap

A late 19^th Century 9 carat rose gold watch Albert.  Comprised of eight long rectangular links alternating with short knotted links.  “T” bar on one end of the chain and spring clip on the other.  All links marked.

A late 18^th Century centre seconds English verge in gold pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel. White enamel dial with centre seconds, small chapter offset at twelve for the hours and minutes.  Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel sweep seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain 22 carat gold pair cases.  The inner with unusual hallmarks, maker’s mark “HLP” in a rectangle and date letter “Y” in a large oval.  Contemporary 22 carat gold outer case with Dublin hallmarks, maker’s mark “AN”.

A large late 18^th Century Austrian calendar verge in silver and underpainted horn case.  Large full plate gilt fusee movement with unusual sprung dust ring.  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.  Winding through the signed white enamel dial, central date calendar, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Large plain silver consular case, long silver pendant and bow.  Protective outer with silver bezels covered in horn underpainted green and brown, secured by silver pique pins.

An early 19^th Century French verge with calendar and seconds in a silver drum shaped 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 signed white enamel dial,  subsidiaries for seconds, date and day in French. Arabic numerals, gilt subsidiary hands, blue steel hands.  Unusual drum shaped plain silver open face case, the top plate of the movement almost as large a the dial plate, movement secured by two screws.  The back with maker’s mark “J – B  over “M” in a diamond and French hallmarks.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a silver Dennison full hunter case.  Gilt 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, Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Plain silver full hunter case, maker’s mark “ALD” in a rectangle and “Dennison – British Made – Special”.

A fine and unusual late 18^th Century French virgule in a very rare gold and enamel case with invisible hinge.  Unusual slim full plate gilt keywind movement with raised resting barrel.  Plain sector shaped cock secured by two blue steel screws, polished steel coqueret.  Small plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, steel regulator with index on the plate.  Rare virgule escapement, brass escape wheel.  Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Fine pearls set gold and enamel case with glazed gold protective outer.  Engraved gold bezels decorated with blue, red and white champleve enamel.  Matted gold back with applied three colour gold decoration of an urn within an oval frame.  Set with split pearls and champleve enamel in various translucent colours.  The edge of front bezel set within a recess of the body of the case with no discernable sign of a hinge. Opening the bezel by depressing a button in the pendant reveals the hinge to be unusually placed at three o’clock, set close to the movement.  The small crescent of the bezel beyond the hinge moves below the recess in the body of the case.  Glazed gold outer case to protect the watch.

A late 18^th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case depicting an early ballooning scene.  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.  Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands.  Rare three colour gold consular case, applied engraved gold decoration to the back depicting two figure in classical garden waving to a balloon in the sky.  Bezels with applied gold foliate decoration.

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel gold case.  Slim 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 signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands.  Gold and enamel case, bezels set with a small single row of split pearls.  Finely painted polychrome enamel scene of the huntress Diana and Cupid.  Rectangular gold pendant with a button to open the sprung front bezel.

A late 18^th Century French verge in an unusually enamelled gold 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.  Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold tipped polished steel hands.  Gold and enamel open face case, the champleve enamel sprung bezel opened by a button in the pendant.  The large oval scene on the back of a young lady and cherub in an unusual technique of polychrome enamel raised over a partially visible gold ground.  Oval border of graduated split pearls surrounded by translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground.  Rectangular gold and enamel pendant.

A rare double sided French verge with mock pendulum and compass in a silver case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement under a signed engine turned mask, glazed circular aperture revealing the engraved bridge cock.  Gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, mock pendulum visible through the semi-circular aperture, diamond endstone in a polished steel setting.  The regulator dial engraved on the silver mask above the balance cock, blue steel indicator.  Engine turned silver dial, subsidiary marked in Roman numerals for time a six o’clock, the gilt hands set by the central square. Subsidiaries for functioning compass and seconds, both in glazed circular apertures. Applied oval gold cartouche at twelve engraved with a monogram.  Silver case with engine turned middle glazed on both sides, broad oval pendant and bow.