A late 17th Century English verge with mock pendulum and single hand in decorative tortoiseshell covered pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pierced tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Engraved cock with a glazed semi-circular aperture revealing a bob on one arm of the blue steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  As the watch runs this bob oscillates imitating the action of a pendulum. Visible blue steel wheel to set the regulator, the index visible below the balance bob.  Signed silver champleve dial, Roman numerals, the chapter marked in quarter hours only. Fine single tulip shaped blue steel hand. Silver pair cases, the outer covered in tortoiseshell profusely decorated with silver pique pins and wire work. Plain silver inner with silver pendant and stirrup bow, split bezel.  Maker's mark “IW” and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Signed __________Buckingham    London    511
Circa 1690
Diameter 55 mm - Depth 18.5 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good, crack to the back of the tortoiseshell and some repairs to the bezel..
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An attractive watch.  With the introduction of the balance spring most watches were fitted with a minute hand as they were more accurate timekeepers. The mock pendulum feature was not only decorative but gave the owner the impression of good timekeeping by association with the pendulum used on clocks. This had recently revolutionised the rate they were able to achieve.  

A late 17th Century English verge with silver champleve dial in silver 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 pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial within an engraved gilt border,  Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Plain silver pair cases, the outer with square seven joint hinge. Plain inner with split bezel, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “TG below a crown”.
Signed __________Mich Knight    London    
Circa 1695
Diameter 59 mm - Depth 20 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent apart from some very minor bruising.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
In excellent condition for the period.  Michael Knight, apprenticed 1673, free of the Clockmakers Company 1681 - 1714.

An early 18th Century English verge with gold champleve dial in a gold consular case covered in shagreen.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with pierced tulip pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Blue steel case latch spring.  Winding through the signed gold champleve Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Fine gold consular case covered in shagreen, gold swivel pendant and stirrup bow, seven joint hinge.  
Signed __________Quare     London   2112   
Circa 1705
Diameter 53 mm - Depth 16.5 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent but the minute hand later.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
Quare was an eminent maker and the watch is in truly outstanding condition for the period.  The shagreen covering has been applied recently without using pique work.

An early 18th Century English verge with gilt champleve dial in a shagreen covered gilt metal consular case.  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 gilt three arm balance, silver regulator disc. Signed gilt champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Gilt metal consular case covered in green shagreen, gilt pique pins and circular cover to the winding aperture.
Signed __________Jno Bayley London 404
Circa 1710
Diameter 52 mm - Depth 16 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A mid 18th Century Dutch verge with date indication in gold pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock, pierced and engraved 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 small circular aperture revealing the silver date ring. Arcaded minute ring, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands. Matching plain gold pair cases with Dutch hallmarks, later oval pendant and bow.
Signed __________Bernard Scale Amsterdam
Circa 1750
Diameter 49 mm - Depth 16 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
Dutch watches are rarely to be found in plain gold cases.  Almost all were housed in silver cases, often with repousse decoration.  They were regarded as being of inferior quality to English watches and therefore did not warrant gold cases.  

An unusual early 19th Century English lever by Frodsham in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt movement, the suspended going barrel with polished steel Geneva stopwork.  The three train wheels under a single signed gilt cock. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, large diamond endstone.  Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones.   Signed and numbered off white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.  Plain silver open face case with engine turned middle, maker’s mark “IG”.  Wound through the signed and numbered gilt cuvette.
Signed __________Frodsham    Gracechurch Street London 331
Hallmarked London 1825
Diameter 55 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 18th Century French verge with rare night and day calendar dial in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement with signed sprung gilt dust cover.  Bridge cock finely pierced and engraved in a spiral pattern, steel coqueret, plain three arm  gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Pentagonal pillars.  Fully restored signed enamel 24 hour dial with subsidiaries for date and phase of the moon.  The top half of the dial with black  Arabic  numerals on a white ground and a small red depiction of the sun.  The lower half with white Arabic numerals on a black ground and stars, a small depiction of the moon in red,  gold hands.  Plain silver  open face case, maker’s mark “PIB” in a diamond.
Signed __________Willeumier a Paris  
Circa 1790
Diameter 60 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A rare early 19th Century double sided French verge with both six hour and twelve hour dials.  Unusual full plate gilt movement with reverse  fusee, the train running in the opposite direction.  The crown wheel and verge made the reverse of normal also. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring under the six hour dial. Pentagonal baluster pillars.  Winding through the signed 12 hour white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  On the other side of the watch the six hour white enamel dial, the Roman hour numerals with the hours seven to twelve in small Arabic numerals, Arabic numerals for the minutes at the edge, pierced gilt hands. At the edge of the dial a small hand to regulate the watch.  The hands of the dials are set separately so that two time zones can be shown.  Plain silver case glazed on both sides, the movement fitted to a silver bezel which hinges out of the case.
Signed __________Jn Ln De Ferrier
Circa 1820
Diameter 46 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ The 12 hour dial with small repaired chips at the edge.  The six hour dial excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
A very unusual watch.  Perhaps a variation of a Captain's watch for showing the time at two different locations, the unusual six hour dial allowing the owner to quickly recognise which location was being used.

A small 19th Century French cylinder made for the Turkish market in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre 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.  White enamel dial with Turkish numerals, blue steel hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case, chased and engraved bezels, pendant and bow.  Signed gold cuvette, polychrome enamel filling the engraving.
Signed __________Breguet a Paris
Circa 1840
Diameter 36 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Very good.
Probably retailed by the Breguet company.

A mid 19th Century Swiss lever wound and set by a male key in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed engine turned gold dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle.  Wound and set with a male key through the plain gold cuvette.
Signed __________Freres Melly a Geneve
Circa 1850
Diameter 46 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A large mid 19th Century Swiss centre seconds lever for the Chinese market in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and suspended going barrel, polished steel regulator, blue steel stop work and screws. Polished steel three arm balance with three blue steel affixes, spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement with long decorative polished steel lever. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, centre seconds, blue steel hands.  Plain silver open face case, wound and set through the glazed sprung cuvette, silver oval pendant and bow. Maker’s mark “PM” in an oval and large Chinese signature matching that on the movement.
Swiss - Chinese signature
Circa 1850
Diameter 62 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
The makers mark “PM” on the case probably indicates the maker to be Piguet et Meylan.

A mid 19th Century Swiss centre seconds duplex for the Chinese market in a silver open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and suspended going barrel, polished steel regulator, blue steel stop work and screws. Polished steel three arm balance with three blue steel affixes, spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass single tooth escape wheel.  White enamel dial with Roman numerals, centre seconds, blue steel hands.  Plain silver open face case, wound and set through the engraved silver sprung cuvette, silver oval pendant and bow.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1850
Diameter 56 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good, some bruising to the back cover.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Very good.

A late 19th Century English lever with rare patent micrometer regulator and winding in a gold open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock, polished steel regulator with sector rack engaging with a steel wheel.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement.  Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial, large sector for the regulator, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands gilt regulator hand.  Setting the hands is achieved by depressing the crown and turning it.  Adjustment of the regulator is also by the crown but by pulling it out.  Plain 18 carat open face case, clip on back, gold bow and crown. Maker’s mark “HS” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
Signed __________Cahoon Bros Castle Place    Belfast  - Patent - 63577
Hallmarked London 1879
Diameter 53 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent apart from a hairline crack.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
A very rare watch which uses two different Patents.  One by H Stuart and G Daniels in 1877 which relates mainly to the form of keyless winding.  The other from 1876 by H M Robottom in 1876 describes the mechanism for setting the hands and regulator.  The movement is stamped “Stuart & Co. - Patent” under the dial.  Regulation of the watch is very fine requiring  a full turn of the crown to move the hand one division.  An interesting complication which allows the watch to be regulated without exposing it to dust.  We have not seen this variation of regulator before and can find no other example of it.

A fine 19th Century English freesprung fusee lever in a gold open face case.  Spotted half plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Spotted cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed three piece white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat open face case, maker’s mark “HCD” in an oval. number corresponding to that on the movement.
Signed __________Wales & McCulloch   22 Ludgate Hill     London   2658
Hallmarked London 1871
Diameter 49 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent apart from a slight stain at the edge of the plate.

A rare late 19th Century Swiss lever with independent split seconds and jumping quarter seconds in a gold full hunter case.  Fully jewelled nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement. Two going barrels, one for the going train and the other for the independent seconds.  Unusually both trains are wound by the crown turning in the same direction.  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. Signed white enamel dial with jumping quarter subsidiary seconds, split centre seconds, the markings at the edge.  The minute marking set inside the independent seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands, blue steel and gilt centre seconds hands. American engine turned gold full hunter case with ribbed middle, the buttons to operate the independent seconds train and split seconds in the band.  Dedication dated 1881 on the gold cuvette and “Chronograph” in elaborate semi-circular border.
Signed __________Poitevin a Geneva
Circa 1880
Diameter 53 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
An unusual combination of independent jumping seconds and split seconds.  All the work for the complications is under the dial unlike most Swiss watches where it is placed above the bridges.

An unusual late 19th Century Swiss double sided lever chronograph in silver open face case.   Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, index on the band of the case under the rear bezel.  Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  The fly-back minute recording chronograph work situated on a plate above the main movement.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds,  Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  On the reverse the white enamel centre seconds chronograph dial has the minute recording offset at 3 o'clock and in the other four quarters representations of horse racing, trap racing and racing four man rowing boats.  Plain silver case with ribbed middle glazed on both sides, gilt winding crown operating the chronograph.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1890
Diameter 50 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 19th Century German 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 blue steel overcoil hairspring, club foot lever escapement.  Signed 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.  The other 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.
Signed __________J Verhagen & Co    Koeln  - Calendrier Brevete German Manufactury
Circa 1890
Diameter 55 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
See Pocket Watches by Reinhard Meis, page 266 for a similar watch.

A 20th Century Swiss lever by Rolex in a silver half hunter case.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. escape pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned silver half hunter case with black enamel chapter ring. The silver cuvette marked “Dennison Watch Case Co Ltd, maker’s mark “ALD” in a rectangle
Signed __________Rolex Lever
Hallmarked Birmingham 1923
Diameter 47 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Very good.

A 20th Century Swiss lever in a gold full hunter case.  Small keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Unusual gilt and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 14 carat full hunter case, vacant cartouche on the front cover, gold cuvette giving details of the movement.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1930
Diameter 49 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
The engine turning on the case still very crisp.

An unusual late 17th Century French single handed verge with decorative enamelled cock in a double sided shagreen covered  gilt case.  Very deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain, the watch wound by turning the square at the centre of the dial. Unusual bridge cock with a fine polychrome enamel portrait of a lady.  Small circular affixes on the balance can be seen moving to and fro through four slots around the portrait as the watch runs.  Steel regulator at the edge of the balance cock. Engraved gilt dial with white enamel cartouches for the black Roman numerals, single gilt hand painted black.  Consular case glazed on both sides, both front and back covers opening from a single hinge.  The bezels recently recovered with shagreen, later affixes to open the bezels.
Signed __________Martinot a Paris
Circa 1695
Diameter 58 mm - Depth 21 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An early 18th Century verge by George Graham fitted in silver pair cases with a repousse outer.  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 and diamond endstone, pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Later white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  Silver pair cases, the inner hallmarked London 1789.  The outer decorated with chased and engraved repousse work depicting three figures in a rococo frame.
Signed __________Geo Graham     London   4926
Circa 1730
Diameter 50 mm - Depth 15 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Good, the figures rubbed.
==> Dial ._______ Very good, the case latch aperture filled.
==> Movement __ Very good.

An 18th Century verge with silver champleve dial in repousse silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved bridge 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, the centre pierced to reveal the a steel background and small aperture for the date calendar. Arcaded minute ring. Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Silver pair cases, the plain inner with English hallmarks and maker's mark “WB” in a rectangle, split bezel.  Fine outer silver repousse case depicting a classical scene with three figures in high relief within a rococco frame.
Signed __________G Leekey    London   3545   
Hallmarked London 1777
Diameter 52mm - Depth 16 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An unusually small mid 18th Century Swiss verge in gilt metal repousse pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, 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, blue steel hands.  Gilt metal pair cases, the outer decorated with chased repousse work.
Signed __________Abraham Colomby
Circa 1760
Diameter 38 mm - Depth 12 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 18th Century English verge in a gold and enamel consular case depicting a member of the Russian royal family.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the fully restored white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, later gilt hands.  Gold and enamel consular case, the bezels decorated with white, green and translucent red enamel.  An oval in the back painted in polychrome enamel with a member of the Russian royal family within a border of white enamel faux pearls and purple and green translucent enamel.  Maker’s mark “RP”.
Anonymous English
Circa 1780
Diameter 43 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A slim late 18th Century Swiss centre seconds cylinder in a gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt movement with resting barrel.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Steel regulator visible at the edge of the cock.  Signed domed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.   Gold and enamel consular case the bezels decorated with blue and white champleve enamel.  Fully restored gold and enamel back depicting a woman playing a lute in a garden on a light blue ground.
Signed __________Patry & Chaudoir
Circa 1790
Diameter 58 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An early 19th Century Swiss verge with calendar and visible balance in a silver open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, the solid engraved back with markings for the regulator.  The table of the cock visible through a circular aperture in the dial, polished steel coqueret with large garnet endstone.   Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Engine turned and engraved silver mask with three white enamel subsidiary dials.  One for time with Roman and Arabic numerals, the other two for day and date calendar. gilt hands.  Plain silver open face case, a broad copper coloured band in the front bezel forming a border to the dial.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1800
Diameter 55 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An early 19th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial of an automated windmill in silver pair cases.  Full plate fusee movement with gilt dust cover.  Pierced and engraved round cock, gilt regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  In the centre a polychrome enamel scene of a village, the gilt vanes of a windmill rotating as the watch runs. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “HH”.
Signed __________Thos Bolton   Lincoln   641
Hallmarked Birmingham 1816
Diameter 55 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
Good examples of this attractive form of automated English verge have become very difficult to find.

A mid 19th Century Swiss cylinder with offset dial in a gold and enamel open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Engine turned silver dial, the chapter of Roman numerals slightly offset to accommodate a larger barrel, gold Breguet hands. Enamelled 18 carat gold  open face case, the bezels decorated with polychrome enamel foliage on a black ground.  The back of black and translucent enamel over a chased and engraved depiction of foliage. Wound and set through the plain gold cuvette.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1840
Diameter 37 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good, some surface scratches.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A mid 19th Century Swiss cylinder in a decorative gold and enamel case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Silver engine turned dial with Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands. Attractive enamel and 18 carat gold  open face case with scalloped edge.  The fully restored polychrome scene of a black and gilt arch through which can viewed a lake and mountains in the background.  Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.
Signed __________D F Aubert a Geneve
Circa 1860
Diameter 36 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 19th Century Swiss lever in a gold and enamel open face case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Small plain 18 carat open face case.  On the back a fine polychrome enamel portrait of an Indian dignitary wearing a number of medals.  Gilt metal cuvette and later bow.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1895
Diameter 35 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An early 20th Century Swiss lever in an unusual slim gold and enamel full hunter case.  Gilt split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Signed gilt metal dial with engine turned centre, subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Fourteen carat gold full hunter case, both lids decorated with panels of light blue translucent enamel over a decoratively engraved ground.  Offset on the front cover is a circular intaglio of a young girl with plaited hair in profile, also covered in translucent light blue enamel.  Signed gold cuvette.
Signed __________Zenith
Circa 1910
Diameter 52 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent but some panels fully restored.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
The technique used of enamelling over the incised portrait is very unusual and has produced a very pleasing effect.

A rare French lever in the form of a crucifix in an oval diamond set gold and enamel case.  Very unusual gilt three quarter plate keyless movement in the form of a crucifix.  Going barrel, frosted steel winding work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Ivory dial decorated with angels and cherubs on a puce background. White Arabic numerals in a small central chapter, blue steel hands. Slim gold oval case glazed on both sides and decorated with translucent pale blue enamel over an engine turned ground.  Diamond set bezels and oval ring to the delicate chain strung with pearls.  Fitted brown morocco covered case lined with velvet, the retailers signature inside.
Signed __________Made for Marcus & Co by Verger France - 18 jewels Adjusted 5 positions Brevete SGDG
Circa 1920
Dimensions 36 x 43 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
An attractive rare watch in fine condition.

A small 20th Century Swiss lever in a gold open face case with gold pin.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed silvered dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Small circular 14 carat open face case with engraved middle and front bezel, plain gold clip on back.  14 carat gold pin.
Signed __________Tissot   - 16 jewels 4 Adj
Circa 1920
Diameter 18.5 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Very good.

A triangular Swiss lever Masonic watch with mother of pearl dial in a triangular silver case.  Circular keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Triangular mother of pearl dial with polychrome Masonic symbols in place of the numerals, in the centre the motto “Love your fellow man - Lend him a helping hand”.  Blue steel hands in the form of compasses.  Triangular silver case with decoration of a chain around the bezel.  Cast silver clip on back  chased and engraved with a temple and many other Masonic symbols, marked in one corner “AJG”.
Signed __________Golay Watch Co - Shwab & Brandt 15 Jewels - 3 Adj
Hallmarked London Import 1935
Dimensions [along one edge] 51 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 18th Century French  quarter repeater in a gold and enamel case with protective shagreen outer.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone in a steel coqueret.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Converted to cylinder escapement. Push pendant dumb quarter repeating on two blocks in the case.  Signature engraved on the gilt edge to the dial plate in addition to the top plate Winding through the purpose made white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Gold and enamel consular case, gold push pendant.  The bezels of white champleve enamel, the back with a gold monogram in dark blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground within a white champleve enamel border.  Protective gilt metal outer case covered in shagreen decorated with gilt pique pins.
Signed __________Romilly a Paris
Circa 1790
Diameter 40 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A fine early 19th Century French skeletonised quarter repeating verge in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, both plates pierced and engraved revealing the trains. Engraved barrel, barrel cover and fusee great wheel.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator, blue and polished steel barrel ratchet.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the polished steel repeating work visible through the glazed centre of the  white enamel ring dial. Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, the sprung glazed cuvette engraved “M-R-1815” and the makers name engraved on the movement retaining ring.
Signed __________Berthoud & Comp
Circa 1815
Diameter 54 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
An attractive watch in unusually fine condition.  The engraving on the cuvette bezel is probably that of the owner with the date of the watch.  The makers name appears on the ring below this but under the dial the maker of the ebauche, “Japy” is stamped in the top plate.  Frederic Japy was the first maker to manufacture ebauches by machine tools in 1776.

An early 19th Century French quarter repeating verge automaton in a silver 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 with blue steel indicator.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Blue enamel dial with faded gilt decoration at the edge.  Small white enamel chapter at the centre with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Either side of the chapter are pierced chased and engraved parcel gilt classical figures.  As the watch strikes the hours and quarters the arms of the figures move as though striking the bells between them. Engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, wound through the sprung gilt dust cover.
Anonymous French
Circa 1820
Diameter 57 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A late 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever chronograph with moonphase calendar by LeCoultre in a gold full hunter case.  Split gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel, grained steel flyback chronograph work above the plates. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.  Slide quarter repeating on two polished 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 German either side of the centre,  Roman numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Plain red gold 14 carat full hunter case, gold cuvette. Gold slide for the quarter repeat in the band and a small button for the chronograph.
Signed __________LeCoultre
Circa 1890
Diameter 58 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

An early 20th Century Swiss minute repeating lever in a gold open face case.  Keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Fully jewelled including the hammers. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed gilt metal dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case with clip on back and bezel.  Unusual symmetrical repeating slide placed at six o’clock.
Signed __________L Bader S-A Geneve    
Circa 1920
Diameter 47 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A fine 19th Century Swiss ruby cylinder in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain cock with blue steel regulator and bi-metallic compensation curb.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Ruby cylinder, steel escape wheel.  Attractive engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold Breguet hands.  Plain 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle.  Signed gilt cuvette inscribed “Echappment a Cylindre en pierre - Quatre trous Rubis - Compensateur”
Signed __________Gounouilhou & Francois a Geneve
Circa 1820
Diameter 53 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.
A very attractive watch.  Ruby cylinder timepieces were never common but have become even more difficult to find in recent years.

A 20th Century Swiss lever deck watch by Rolex in a nickel open face case.  Nickelled 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. Fully restored signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain open face case, screw on back and bezel.  The back marked “Rolex 31 Records Universels” and on the outside “B 7459” together with the broad Ministry of Defence arrow.
Signed __________Rolex Cal. 548   15 Rubies
Circa 1930
Diameter 52 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Very good.

A fine late 18th Century two day marine chronometer with enamel dial by Arnold in an octagonal mahogany box.  Full plate keywind fusee movement, Harrison’s maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, brass pointer to the adjustable set-up stud.  Large “Z” type balance with small timing screws and temperature adjusting nuts.  Freesprung gold helical balance spring of six coils with terminal curves.  Arnold type spring detent escapement, the slot in the plate close to the fusee arbor. Fine signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Octagonal mahogany box, the hinged lid with lock and moulded gilt bezel.  Small rotating brass shutter to the winding hole.
Signed __________Arnold & Son Inv et Fecit     London    No 19
Circa 1791
Diameter 155 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Excellent but marks from gimbals showing on two of the faces.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Very good, the escapement restored.
A very fine and rare piece.  We believe this to be the earliest example of an Arnold marine chronometer with an enamel dial which is such an attractive feature.  It can be seen that “& Son” is repeated on the plate.  This is almost certainly because the plate has been cut out and a taller barrel fitted.  Arnold probably found the large balance (which is a very early example of this type) required more power.  The engraver would have only been given the new barrel bridge and not have realised the word “Son” was left intact on the plate.  This chronometer represents a piece of horological history in the development of marine timekeepers which were still very much at the experimental stage.  The opportunity to own such a piece rarely arises.

A gold Swiss lever wristwatch by Rolex.  Spotted 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. Engine turned silvered dial signed by the retailer, “Shindler - Bexhill on Sea”, subsidiary seconds, painted Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain circular 9 carat case, the front bezel with four facets, maker's mark “W&D”.  Hinged back and bezel, London import marks for 1922, wire lugs for the brown crocodile strap.  
Signed __________Rolex - 15 Jewels  
Circa 1922
Diameter 31.5 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Very good.

A gold gentleman's lever wristwatch by Rolex.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Oyster 9 carat case with screw back and winding crown with Rolex insignia.  Gold back with a dedication dated 1935 engraved and Glasgow import marks for 1934, maker's mark “RWC Ltd” in an oval.  Brown lizard effect leather strap.
Signed __________Rolex extra prima - 17 Jewels - Timed 6 positions
Circa 1934
Diameter 29 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Very good.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A gold gentleman's lever cushion form wristwatch by Rolex.  Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Cushion form 9 carat oyster case with screw back and winding crown with Rolex insignia.  Gold back, Glasgow import marks for 1936, maker's mark “RWC Ltd” in an oval.  Wire lugs for the brown leather strap.
Signed __________Rolex - 15 Rubies
Circa 1936
Diameter 28 mm
Condition
==> Case  _______ Very good.
==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
==> Movement __ Excellent.

A rare late 18th century Staffordshire enamel box in the form of a watch.  The front and back of the case of white enamel decorated with a polychrome enamel floral spray.  The dial of the watch formed with the front of the case, the applied gilt bezel and retaining a bull's eye glass.  The dial of typical mid 18th Century design with Roman and Arabic numerals, steel beetle and poker hands which can be turned with a small butterfly piece from inside the case.  Gilt pendant and ring bow.
Anonymous English
Circa 1760
Diameter 51 mm

In remarkably fine condition this rare piece is even more unusual as it has watch hands covered by a glass.  Most of these boxes have the dial exposed with the hands either fixed or painted on.  Although these hands can be moved they are fixed at the same angle to each other.  Often regarded purely as toys these pieces may have been used as patch boxes.   See “The Artistry of the English Watch” by Cedric Jagger colour plate 14 for a watch with a similar case.

A set of three solid silver medals commemorating the tercentennial of the Royal Observatory.  Struck by the Royal Mint in 1975  in a limited edition each of the silver medals weigh over 3 oz.  On one side of all three is a representation of the observatory and “The Maritime Museum : Royal Observatory : Greenwich Herstmonceux : 1675 - 1975".  On the obverse each bears a different design.  One shows Harrison’s first marine timekeeper of 1735, another a sextant by Jesse Ramsden of 1770 and the third an armillary sphere, a model of the heavens in the from of a skeleton celestial sphere.  In velvet lined blue Royal Mint presentation box.
Circa 1975
Diameter 57 mm

A late 17th Century English deep full plate fire gilt verge movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, broad pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc..
Signed __________Thos Gorsuch Salop 183
Circa 1700
Diameter 42 mm - Depth 18 mm

A late 17th Century English deep full plate fire gilt verge movement with Egyptian pillars.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, broad pierced and engraved foot.  Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc..
Signed __________Wm Tomlinson    London   201
Circa 1700
Diameter 40.5 mm - Depth 15 mm

Remains of two early 18th Century English verge full plate fire gilt movements. Egyptian pillars, one with galleries the other silver collars.  One with fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cocks with pierced and engraved feet.  One with plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals.
Both London
Circa 1710
Diameter 39 & 44 mm

A mid 18th Century English verge movement with decorative pillars and signed silver dust cover.  pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, large diamond 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 __________Devs Bowley    London    
Circa 1740
Diameter 34 mm

A late 18th Century English full plate fire gilt verge movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals.
Signed __________Will Wright    London    
Circa 1780
Diameter 36 mm - Depth 15.5 mm

A late 19th Century English full plate fire gilt verge movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Pierced and engraved cock, small oval section with Prince of Wales feathers, diamond endstone. Silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold hands.
Signed __________Geo Tight     London    
Circa 1795
Diameter 41.5mm - Depth 12 mm

An early 18th Century English quarter repeating full plate fire gilt movement with five turned baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Added signed silver plate.  Push  pendant quarter repeating, originally on a bell in the case.
Signed __________Baron    London    
Circa 1710
Diameter 44 mm - Depth 17.5 mm

A late 18th Century English quarter repeating full plate fire gilt verge movement with signed silver dust cover.  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 originally on a bell in the case.  Later white enamel dial with Arabic numerals,
Signed __________Joseph Rose    London    
Circa 1770
Diameter 36 mm - Depth 14 mm

A late 18th Century French aurater repeating full plate gilt fusee verge 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.  Round pillars. Push pendant quarter repeating originally on a bell in the case. Winding through the white enamel dial which is raised on an engraved gilt edge, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced gold hands.
Signed __________Deaux   Paris
Circa 1790
Diameter 35 mm - Depth 11.5 mm

An unusual slim late 18th Century Swiss keywind gilt cylinder movement. Suspended going barrel visible through an aperture in the plate . Polished steel bridge cock with polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed domed white enamel dial with Arabic numerals.
Signed __________Robert & Courvoisier
Circa 1795
Diameter 53 mm - Depth 5.5 mm

A very rare early 19th Century French cylinder movement with flyback sector seconds.  Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed silver engine turned dial with unusual flyback sctor for the seconds.  As the seconds hand reaches 60 at the right of the sector it instantaneously flies back to 0 and starts again. Small chapter of Roman numerals for the time, blue steel seconds hand, gold Breguet hands. Fitted in a later engine turned and engraved silver open face case with ribbed middle, gilt metal cuvette.
Signed __________Leroy
Circa 1820
Diameter 45 mm

An early 19th Century English full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Engraved bell shaped cock with diamond endstone, blue steel regulator.  Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, brass escape wheel, pivots with endsto