Archive of Sold Items

A 19^th Century English fusee duplex in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Fully restored white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Plain silver open face case, maker's mark “WW” in a rectangle.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever watch of 8 days duration in a silver open face case. Reversed three quarter plate gilt keyless movement.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Polished steel index adjusted by removing the front bezel.  Club tooth straight line lever escapement.  Opening the back single cover reveals an open centrally placed barrel with a visible blue steel mainspring under a glass, almost the diameter of the movement, wound by a folding key.  In the centre a brass thumb wheel is used to set the hands.   White enamel dial with bold Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case engraved with a large monogram on the back cover.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gilt metal mounted glass ball.  High quality keyless three quarter plate movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.   Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numeral, blue steel hands.  Enclosed in a glass sphere in two halves mounted in gilt metal bezels, the back glass with a flat portion allowing the clock to stand on a table.

A large late 19^th Century Swiss pin pallet lever in a nickle open face case and desk stand.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with steel regulator, uncut balance with spiral hairspring.  Pin pallet lever escapement.  White enamel dial marked “Non Magnetic Lever”, subsidiary seconds.  Gilt numerals in translucent green enamel cartouches over an engine turned ground, blue steel hands.  Substantial plain open face case with gilt winding button, glazed cover to the movement.  Brown leather case with aperture for the dial, folding easel stand.

An early 20^th Century eight day American lever in an unusual desk stand.  Damascened nickelled three quarter plate fifteen jewel keyless movement with two going barrels.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling.  Signed silvered dial with power reserve indication.   Subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Nickelled circular case, screwed front bezel and plain hinged back.  Mounted between two turned columns the watch can be swivelled, nickelled circular base

An early 20^th Century Swiss eight day lever in a nickle open face case fitted in an unusual silver oval case.  Gilt 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.  White enamel dial signed by the retailer, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Substantial plain open face case with gilt winding button.  Unusual large plain silver English keep case.  Plain convex hinged lid with aperture for the dial, engraved motif of a bird below, gilt interior.  Silver oval frame for the base , maker's mark “H Brs” in a shield.  Loose silvered metal slip plate drilled to allow the case to be fixed in position.  Lined with green velvet.

An unusual silver lighter combined with a small Swiss lever watch.  Nickelled three quarter plate keyless rectangular movement with canted corners, going barrel.  The movement inscribed “Dunhill -15 Jewels – Three Adjustments – Swiss”.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Signed silvered dial with applied gilt Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Engine turned silver petrol lighter with flip top bar and knurled striker for the flint.  The movement is held in a rectangular silver case hinged to the front cover which is in turn hinged to the base of the lighter.  Simple signed morocco covered cardboard box.

A quarter repeating lever chronograph with moonphase calendar fitted in a stainless steel wristwatch.  Split gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Grained 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 with the moonphase below, rectangular apertures for day and month in French either side of the centre, Roman numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Large purpose made stainless steel wristwatch case with glazed back to display the movement.  Brush stainless steel middle with calendar set pins and  rectangular push piece for the repeat below six .  Substantial brown leather strap with white stitching.

A small Swiss lever gentleman's wristwatch in a gold English case by Dennison.  15 jewel damascened nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with blue steel regulator, uncut balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed silvered dial with small subsidiary seconds replacing the six, Arabic numerals, black hands.  Small gentleman's 18 carat gold wristwatch case by Dennison, plain clip on gold back, maker's mark “A.L.D.” in a rectangle, later gilt expanding bracelet.

A mid 20^th Century Swiss wristwatch with moonphase calendar in a gilt case.  Nickelled 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.  Silvered dial with applied gilt Arabic numerals and batons, subsidiary seconds, gold hands.  Rectangular apertures for day of the week and month in English either side of the centre and a semi-circular aperture at twelve for the moonphase.  The day of the month indicated at the edge of the dial by a sweep calendar hand with red tip.  Gilt case with signed stainless steel back, black calf strap.

A belcher bracelet mounted with six gilt early 19^th Century pocket watch keys and an agate set seal.  Two of the keys are ratchet types and three set with semi-precious stones.

Twelve 19^th Century pocket watch keys, two chains and a fob.  The keys are mainly gilt metal but include a small gold and enamel ratchet key and a large example in the form of a door key.  Two gilt chains and a large 10 carat stone set swivel fob.

A fine mid 18^th Century French verge in an engine turned consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Large finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pentagonal baluster pillars.  Winding through the  white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gold hands, the minute hand shaped to clear the winding square.  Fine gold consular case engine turned in an attractive geometric pattern.

A late 18^th Century English Duplex in a gilt open face case.  Full plate fire gilt movement with gilt dust cover cut away to reveal the table of the pierced and engraved cock with diamond endstone and silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Duplex escapement with ruby locking roller, gilt escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Plain gilt metal open face case, maker's mark “GR” in a rectangle.

A 19^th Century English lever by McCabe in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with fast beat train.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator with silver sector index.  Plain three arm gold balance with deep rim, blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gilt hands.  Purpose made 18 carat open face case hallmarked 1874, engine turned back with vacant shield shaped cartouche.  Maker's mark “HB” and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A fine late 19^th Century freesprung lever by Charles Frodsham in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with diamond endstone.  Compensation balance employing quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker's mark “HG” in a rectangle.

A very rare late 19^th Century lever by Patek Philippe with 24 hour digital dial fitted in a nickle open face case.  High quality keyless bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator adjusted by a snail cam, steel pointer on the plate.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement, the lever with counterbalance extension arms extending beyond the pallets.  Escape and lever pivots with endstones in polished steel settings.  Snailed steel wolf's teeth winding work.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds  and a central minute hand.  At twelve a small circular aperture for the hours marked 1 – 24 which change instantaneously.  Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Fitted in a plain open face nickle case with screw bezel and back.

A late 19^th Century English centre seconds chronograph in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.   Substantial plain silver open face case with ribbed middle,  small gold slide in the band to stop the watch acting on the balance.  Vacant circular cartouche on the plain back, plain silver cuvette, gilt winding button, maker's mark “JR” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever with double sided calendar in a gunmetal case.  Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and Roman numerals, blue steel hands. The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the dial on a blue steel and gold disc. Further calendar indications are on the other side of the watch.  The days of the week and date shown by a single blue steel hand and the month in a rectangular aperture.  The number of the days in each month are also given and the outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date.  The date is changed automatically by a pawl on the movement.   Plain double sided gunmetal case with gilt bezels, hinge, winding button and bow, the calendar side under two glasses.

A slim late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a gold full hunter case.  Keyless nickelled 15 jewel bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator.  Uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands.  Slim plain 14 carat full hunter case, gilt metal cuvette with an engraved dedication, maker's mark “Mido”.

An early 20^th Century English lever in a silver half 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.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, maker’s mark “CHS” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.