Archive of Sold Items

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating lever in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with  blue steel regulator with gold pointer visible through an aperture in the cuvette.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, temperature compensation curb.  Unusual form of double roller  lever escapement.  Pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Engine turned silver dial, secret signature either side of the numeral twelve, offset subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands.   Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle and bezels.  Gold repeating push in the band at two o’clock which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use.  Signed and numbered gold cuvette secured by a single screw (lacking), apertures for winding, set and regulator index.

A large rare 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical cylinder in a gold open face case.  Gilt movement with an unusual going barrel musical train, the pins set in the wall of the mainspring barrel acting on a set of individual blue steel tinges.  Resting barrel for the going train with polished steel stopwork.  Plain sector cock, polished steel coqueret and regulator, plain gilt balance with spiral blue steel hairspring, polished steel cylinder, small brass escape wheel.  Pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  The repeating train under a separate bridge, polished steel repeating work situated under the dial.  Small button in the band to actuate the musical mechanism.  Fine engine turned gold dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, gold push pendant for the quarter repeat.  Wound and set through the gilt metal cuvette which is engraved with musical notation, hands and an arrow for the relevant squares.

An unusually small late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a gold full hunter case.  Small gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Decorative white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt and silver border, pierced gilt hands.  Small plain 18 carat full hunter case, engraved dedication on the gold cuvette, gold slide in the band.

A late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a gilt full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain gilt metal full hunter case, monogram engraved on the front cover, gilt slide in the band.

A fine late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a silver open face case.  Keyless nickelled bar movement with makers mark “G.M -B” within a representation of a ring.  Going barrel with polished steel wolf's teeth winding wheels.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator,  compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones in gold settings.  Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs, the train jewelled to the hammers. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, unusual blue steel hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case with gold hand set, hinges, thumb piece and gilt winding button.  Back and silver cuvette signed for the French retailer marked “Argent 0.900”, silver slide in the band.  The back well engraved with a double headed eagle holding a sword and orb, crown above and centred by a heraldic shield.

An early 20^th Century English two day marine chronometer by Kullberg in a mahogany box.  Full plate spotted keywind reverse fusee movement, four turned pillars secured by blue steel screws.  Harrison's maintaining power with steel click and blue steel spring. Polished steel barrel ratchet wheel and double toothed click on the spotted barrel bridge.  Spotted cock with diamond endstone.  Auxiliary compensation to the two arm compensation balance with two circular weights, small timing screws and large timing nuts, freesprung invar helical hairspring.  Earnshaw spring detent escapement, escape pivots with endstones.  The movement secured to the gilt dial plate by three blue steel screws.  Engraved signed and numbered silvered brass dial with broad ministry arrow above “I”, details of medals awarded and countries supplied.  Subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Turned brass bowl, rotating shutter to the winding hole, screw brass bezel with flat glass.  Brass gimbals and locking mechanism, brass ratchet key.  Three tier mahogany box, hinged flush brass handles replaced, top lid.  Signed, numbered and dated rectangular bone plaque.

A 20^th Century American centre seconds lever deck watch and case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel, gilt centre seconds transfer wheel above.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  Signed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Nickelled Keystone open face case with screw bezel and back marked “H.S. 3  54845”.  Mahogany deck case with aperture for the dial lined with grey leather.

A fine mid 19^th Century Swiss tortoiseshell musical box with a repousse scene to the lid.  Small rectangular barrel  type musical mechanism with a choice of two tunes.  The tines arranged in sixteen groups of four and one of six.  Going barrel wound with a male key from below.  Rectangular tortoiseshell box with engine turned tortoiseshell base.  Two mother of pearl discs on the front slide to actuate the music and change the tune.  The lid with full length piano hinge opens to reveal the mechanism under a shaped translucent horn cover.  Inset into the lid a fine chased and engraved rectangular scene of The Intervention of the Sabines.  At the lower right hand corner the signature “Morel F”.  The scene protected by a translucent horn cover in a gold frame.

A mid 19^th Century Swiss cylinder watch in a fine gold mounted tortoiseshell purse.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended 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 black Arabic numerals, the twelve in red, blue steel hands.  Fine tortoiseshell case in the form of a rectangular purse.  Gold hinge and clip.  Gold bezel to the dial with a border of small dots of inlaid mother of pearl.  Quatrafoil inlaid pierced gold decoration surrounding.  Two further bands of inlaid gold wire and mother of pearl dots decorate purse.  The back plain apart from a vacant inlaid gold shield shaped cartouche.  Inside the purse is divided into four purple lined section, one secured by a gild metal clip.  Circular cover to the movement with a turnbuckle covering the winding and set apertures.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a patent silver Borgel wristwatch 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, the twelve in red, luminous hands.  Patent Borgel silver wristwatch case, the movement fitted to a threaded brass carrier and screwed into the case, ribbed bezel.  Maker's mark “FGT” in a rectangle overstruck with Borgel's mark “F.B.” above a key.

An early 19^th Century gilt metal compass.  Fine white enamel dial indicating 16 cardinal points, a divided track at the edge marked in 10 degree divisions.  Deep steel needle mounted on a jewelled gilt arbor.  Drum shaped gilt case with oval pendant and bow.  behind the pendant a small lever to lock the needle.

A collection of 10 19^th Century decorative watch keys and a silver swivel fob.  The gilt, silver and gold shelled keys include six set with semi-precious stones.  One of the gilt metal keys is a folding example with a bloodstone on one side and a black agate stone with a white stripe on the other.  Silver swivel fob with a bloodstone on one side and a cornelian on the other, hallmarked Birmingham 1898.

A very heavy late 19^th Century 18 carat yellow gold watch Albert with a central “T” bar.  Comprised of alternating short oval links and long rectangular links.  Spring clip on one end and large sprung jump ring on the other. All links marked.  

A 20^th Century 9 carat gold watch Albert of alternating engraved rectangular box links and square links.  Gold “T” bar and 9 carat swivel fob with a bloodstone on one side and a cornelian on the other, , maker's mark “JTJ” in a rectangle.

A 19^th Century Rosewood box watch stand.  Rectangular box decorated with bone corners, strap and escutcheon, the corners cross banded with rounded mahogany.  Inside a hinged holder for the watch similarly decorated and lined with purple velvet, folding brass stay hinges and lock.

A small glazed satinwood box watch stand.  Rectangular box veneered in satinwood, the glazed opening in the top cross banded and the edges brass strung.  Inside a square hinged holder for the watch lined with blue velvet is raised by a spring when the lid is lifted.

An unusual late 19^th Century gilt brass watch stand in Gothic style.  Cast soldier with spear and shield standing in an alcove.  Rectangular base with steel stabilising weight.  Small hook and deep cast pouch for the watch, small aperture for the dial.

A late 17^th Century verge with silver champleve Sun and Moon dial in silver pair cases.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement, broad tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with ratchet and click wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Pierced and engraved cock with unusual small pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Silver champleve dial, Arabic numerals for the minutes, later gilt minute hand. The hours are indicated by a blue steel disc which rotates once every 24 hours.  This is viewed through a semi-circular aperture and has engraved on one half the gold sun and on the other the silver moon.  The border of the semi-circle marked for hours from six through twelve and back to six in Roman numerals.  As the sun disappears at the right of the aperture the moon appears at the left.  Plain silver pair cases, silver ring pendant and bow.

A fine late 17^th Century French verge oignon with gilt and enamel cartouche dial in a gilt consular case.  Deep full plate fire gilt fusee movement, the slender Egyptian pillars with decorative silver caps. Silver pierced and engraved bridge cock, large three arm steel  balance with spiral blue steel hairspring.   Decorative pierced and engraved silver affix above the contrate wheel.  Small silver index under a blue steel bridge, decorative pierced and engraved silver affixes (one lacking).  Wound through the engraved gilt dial set with white enamel cartouches of blue Roman numerals outlined in black for the hours and black Arabic numerals for the minutes, one cartouche restored.  Fine blue steel beetle and poker hands, the minute hand with a short tail. Deep gilt metal consular case covered with a gilt shell decoratively chased and engraved, gilt pendant and ring bow.

A late 18^th Century Irish verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with turned pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock depicting a bird at the foot of 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.  White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark “TP” in a rectangle.

A late 18^th Century verge by Dwerrihouse in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Convex white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, number corresponding to that on the movement.  Maker's mark “TH” in a rectangle, the inner also marked “I.D” for John Dwerrihouse.