A late 17^th Century verge with silver champleve dial in silver pair cases and a stand in the form of a bracket clock. Deep full plate fire gilt movement, Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above. 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. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain silver pair cases, silver pendant and ring bow. Inner case with maker's mark "I•D" below a crown. Small wooden stand in the form of red and gilt japanned bracket clock, a cast pierced mask surrounding the dial of the watch.

Signed __________Hender Amy - Boutreux Castle

Circa 1700

Diameter 57 mm - Depth 19.5 mm

A very attractive piece. The signature is very unusual. We cannot find reference to Boutreux Castle or Hender Amy. It would be unusual for a watchmaker to be based in a castle and it may be that this is the original owner's name and residence. The engraver has also split "Boutreux" in an odd place on the movement.

An early 18^th Century provincial English verge with silver champleve dial and cock in silver pair cases. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Silver pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Signed silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and ring bow, maker's mark "I-W" below a crown. Plain outer case with seven joint hinge.

Signed __________John Jordan - Bristol

Circa 1725

Diameter 54 mm - Depth 16.5 mm

John Jordan - Bristol, 1722, retired 1760.

A mid 19^th Century English verge with the owner's name on the dial in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with square 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. Fully restored white enamel dial, the original owners name, "JOHN BRADFORD", replacing the hour markings, Arabic minute numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Substantial matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark "SP" in a rectangle.

Signed __________Robt Hargrave Doncaster

Hallmarked London 1759

Diameter 51 mm - Depth 14 mm

Watches bearing the owner's name on the dial are not common.

A rare late 18^th Century Swiss calender watch with decorative visible balance and jumping quarter seconds in a silver open face case. Unusual reversed gilt movement with fusee and chain, the back plate signed and decoratively engraved with the blue and polished steel setup ratchet wheel. Polished steel cylinder, large steel escape wheel. White enamel dial, the decorative paste set four arm balance at its centre under a gold bridge with diamond endstone. Around the balance are six chapters, the largest for the hours, the minutes and days of the month either side. Below the balance a small chapter for jumping quarter seconds, continuous seconds to its right and regulator to the right. Fine gold hands. Large plain purpose silver open face case hallmarked London 1817, rope bow and pendant.

Signed __________Jaquet Droz

Circa 1790

Diameter 65 mm - Depth 11 mm

An attractive and unusual large watch.

A 19^th Century French cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock, blue steel regulator with bi-metallic compensation curb, polished steel parachute suspension for the top balance pivot. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Silver engine turned and decoratively engraved dial, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Engraved and engine turned 18 carat open face case with chased and engraved bezels. Wound and set through the gold cuvette giving details of the movement.

Anonymous French

Circa 1830

Diameter 45 mm

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever by IWC with digital dial in a silver full hunter case. Keyless gilt split three quarter plate movement with going barrel, the plate marked "Patent Paul Weber". Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial marked "Patent Automatic Timekeeper", central cartouche shaped aperture revealing the digital indication of minutes and above a circular aperture showing the hours. Below these a small subsidiary seconds dial. The minutes changing instantaneously as the seconds hand passes 60. Crisp engine turned silver full hunter case and vacant shield on the front cover, ribbed middle.

Signed __________IWC

Circa 1890

Diameter 53 mm

In excellent overall condition.

A late 19^th Century American full plate lever in a silver full hunter case. Full plate gilt keyless going barrel movement. Engraved cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial large plain coin silver full hunter case, the front cover engraved with a bird sitting on the branch if a tree. Silvered cuvette, maker's mark "ATLAS" in a rectangle.

Signed __________Appleton Tracy & Co Waltham Mass - Safety Pinion Adjusted

Circa 1895

Diameter 56 mm

An early 20^th Century American lever in a gold open face case. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless fifteen jewel movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 9 carat open face case , maker's mark "ALD" and "American Waltham Watch Company" around the outline of a fish.

Signed __________Waltham - Mass 15 Jewels

Hallmarked Birmingham 1906

Diameter 49 mm

An early 20^th Century Swiss eight day lever with visible balance in a square gunmetal case. Gilt keyless eight day movement with the large resting barrel covering the back of the watch. Engraved bridge cock below the dial, polished steel regulator. Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, decoration either side of the chapter ring, blue steel hands. Square gunmetal case, the hinged back forming an easel stand. Clip on gunmetal cuvette, gilt winding crown, bow and bezel.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1910

Diameter 50 mm

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a slim gold half hunter 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 dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, the twelve in red, blue steel hands. Slim plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.

Signed __________Longines

Circa 1920

Diameter 45 mm

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a gold open face case. Nickelled 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. Signed gilt dial with subsidiary seconds, batons with Arabic numerals at the quarters, blue steel hands. Plain 14 carat open face case, gilt metal cuvette.

Signed __________Eterna - Chronometre

Circa 1940

Diameter 46 mm

A 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. Blue steel hands with Masonic emblems. Silver case with decoration of a chain around the bezel, clip on back chased and engraved with a temple and many other Masonic symbols.

Signed __________ Schwab & Brandt Swiss 15 Jewels 3 Adj Swiss

Hallmarked London [import]1929

Dimensions (along one edge) 52 mm

See Pocket Watches by Reinhard Meis page 244 for a similar watch.

A late 18^th Century French verge in a gold and enamel consular 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 gilt indicator. Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, a small surface chip by the winding aperture, decorative pierced gold hands. Gold consular case decorated with fully restored polychrome enamel, the back depicting cupid with a bow and arrow.

Signed __________L'Epine Hrgr du Roy a Paris

Circa 1780

Diameter 38 mm

A large late 18^th Century German verge with polychrome enamel dial in tortoiseshell covered pair cases. Full plate gilt fusee movement decoratively engraved at the edge. Pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone set in a polished steel coqueret. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with polished steel indicator. Pentagonal baluster pillars. White enamel dial with polychrome scene at the centre depicting a soldier courting a young lady. Roman and Arabic numerals, cracked by the numeral "XI", decorative pierced gilt hands. Silvered consular case with large central rotating shutter to the winding aperture. Large protective outer case, silvered bezel and decorative pique pins to the red tortoiseshell covering the back of the case.

Signed __________Johannes Thier in Regensburg

Circa 1790

Diameter 68 mm - Depth 13 mm

A mid 19^th Century English verge made for the Turkish market in four silver and tortoiseshell cases. Full plate fire gilt movement, small Egyptian pillars with pierced galleries above. Pierced and engraved cock with pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fine signed white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Matching plain silver pair cases, long silver pendant, cast silver bow, maker's mark "WCS" in a rectangle. Third case covered in tortoiseshell decorated with silver pique pins. Fourth case of brown composition lined with red velvet, the front cover decorated in a radiating pattern of ridges.

Signed __________Edw Prior London 70006

Hallmarked London 1857

Diameter [tortoiseshell case] 62 mm - Depth 16 mm

In outstanding overall condition. An interesting late example of these watches made for the Turkish market showing that they were produced for over a hundred years with little change to their design.

An unusual 19^th Century Swiss chatelaine and gold cylinder watch. 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. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, the back decorated with black enamel. Fine and unusual chatelaine and watch holder in 18^th Century style. Silver and silver gilt chatelaine with three graduated oval scenes en grisaille with gilt highlights painted on the reverse of the glass which is curved at the edges. The matching scenes depict a young woman and two cherubs and are framed by engraved gold borders. Stone set pierced silver surrounds and chains, one with a key to wind and set the watch, the other with a matching gilt seal. The hinged watch holder has a similar circular scene on the back with engraved gold border and pierced stone set surround. Silver gilt hinged clip. Fitted velvet lined rectangular case.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1870

Diameter 32 mm - Chatelaine 54 x 165 mm

An interesting 19^th Century chatelaine which allows the use of different watches in the watch holder.

A 20th Century Swiss lever in a silver case in the form of a skull with matching silver chain. Split three quarter plate wrist movement converted to keywind with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Engraved silver dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Cast silver case in the form of a skull which hinges at the back to reveal the dial. In the base of the jaw a representation of a serpent. Matching silver chain with links in the form of bones and miniature skulls. Small brown leather cap to cover the back half of the skull.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1930

Dimensions 45 x 30 x 28 mm

An early 20^th Century Swiss minute repeating lever in a gold and enamel full hunter case with a portrait of an Indian Maharaja. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Fully jewelled going and repeating trains including the hammer pivots. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Full hunter 18 carat frosted gold case with bright cut engraving to the edge of the covers. The front cover decorated with a polychrome enamel portrait of His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala, Sir Bhupinda Singh. On the back a polychrome enamel coat of arms surmounted by an elephant, the motto "Heavens Light Our Guide" in blue enamel below. Black morocco covered fitted case with buff velvet lining marked "Hass Neveux & Cie - Geneve * Paris".

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1920

Diameter 49 mm

The quality of the movement suggests the watch may have been made by the firm of Hass Neveux. The watch would probably have been gift from His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala, Sir Bhupinda Singh (1881 - 1938). The enamel on the watch is based on a portrait of the Maharaja by Vandyke painted in 1911 which is in the National Portrait Gallery in London. It is featured on the back cover of Maharaja's Jewels by Katherine Prior and John Adamson.

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch 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. Plain cock, polished steel coqueret and 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. Pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial. Lateral slide in the band to actuate the musical mechanism and a lateral polished steel lever to allow the music to play automatically on the hour. Gold dial with enamel chapter and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned gold open face case, ribbed middle, gilt cuvette with apertures for winding.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1810

Diameter 58 mm

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Semi-circular bridge cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle, small initials in the centre of the back, hinged gilt cuvette.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1820

Diameter 52 mm

A fine late 19^th Century Swiss minute repeating perpetual calendar in a gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide quarter minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Fine white enamel dial with subsidiaries for day date and seconds. The month subsidiary in English showing the months for four years and marked "Leap Year - Perpetual Cal.". The seconds subsidiary with aperture for moon phase, the age of the moon at the edge from 0 to 29½. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat full hunter case, recessed gold slide in the band.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1880

Diameter 56 mm

A fine example of a Swiss perpetual calendar made for the English market and perhaps finished in London.

An unusually small early 19^th Century French ruby cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock, blue steel regulator with bi-metallic compensation curb, polished steel parachute suspension for the top balance pivot. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Clear sapphire cylinder held in a polished steel cage, small steel escape wheel. Gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned bezels and middle, lacking the cuvette.

Anonymous French

Circa 1820

Diameter 32 mm

Timepieces with ruby cylinder escapements are rare. This is perhaps the smallest we have seen.

A late 18^th Century continental dead beat verge with centre seconds and calendar in a gilt open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Large pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret. Large plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring beating every two seconds, the seconds hand advancing one second at a time. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Four turned pillars. Rare dead beat verge escapement, the teeth formed so that the leading faces are curved. The verge staff made from two steel cylinders with a flat cut into them. The tips of the escape wheel rest on the surface of the cylinder until they fall onto the flat and gives impulse to the balance. Winding though the white enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiaries for time, day and date, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain open face gilt metal case with decorative chased and engraved middle.

Signed __________Joseph Dercha in Sumegh 48

Circa 1800

Diameter 57 mm

A very rare watch. This form of escapement is very uncommon and has been employed here with a very slow beat to show seconds together with the calendar work. It appears to be signed by a Hungarian maker from the town of Smeg which lies about 200 km southwest of Budapest.

A mid 19^th Century Swiss centre seconds Chinese duplex in a silver full hunter case. Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and suspended going barrel. Engraved sector cock, polished steel regulator, blue steel stop work and screws. Steel three arm balance with timing screws, spiral hairspring. Steel crab tooth duplex escape wheel. White enamel dial with Roman numerals seconds beating centre seconds, decorative blue steel hands. Decoratively engraved silver full hunter case, wound and set through the silver cuvette engraved "Duplex".

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1850

Diameter 57 mm

A rare 19^th Century English chronometer with solid sapphire impulse jewel in a silver full hunter case. Gilt half plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance employing quarter timing nuts, freesprung helical blue steel hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, the impulse jewel made from a solid sapphire roller. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial engine turned silver with ribbed middle. Keywound and set through the silver cuvette, maker's mark "TH".

Signed __________Chas Frodsham - 84 Strand London AD Fmsz 01375

Hallmarked London 1859

Diameter 54 mm

The use of a solid piece of sapphire for the impulse jewel is very rare. Normally the roller is either polished steel or set with a jewel. A fine example of an English pocket chronometer by Frodsham with this unusual feature.

A 19^th Century slow beating lever by Yates in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock, blue steel Bosley regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Plain silver open face case with gold hinges, a vacant shield shaped cartouche on the back cover, maker's mark "SQ".

Signed __________Thos Yates Friargate Preston 5640

Hallmarked Chester 1870

Diameter 50 mm

The case bears the mark of Samuel Quilliam who made many of Yates slow beat patent lever watches. It also bears his number, 18680, which matches that stamped on the movement under the dial. See "The Fusee Lever Watch" by Dr. Robert Kemp, pages 63 - 69.

An early 20^th Century Swiss eight day lever deck watch by Longines with power reserve indication. 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. Signed black dial with subsidiaries for seconds and eight day power reserve, white Arabic numerals and white metal hands. Circular nickle case hinged at nine o'clock to the ring base with four mounting screw holes. The clip on back, frame and case bearing the same number as the movement.

Signed __________Longines - 17 Jewels

Circa 1910

Diameter 81 mm

An unusual pair of nickel cased timers in a fitted case. The flyback 30 minute fast beating timer with nickelled three quarter plate keyless going barrel movement. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring beating 20^ths of a second. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with centre seconds rotating once every 15 seconds. The dial marked "Coincidence en 15 Secondes resultat par 24 Heures" and "Avance - Retard", Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. The second with only continuous seconds with nickelled three quarter plate keyless going barrel movement signed "Movado". Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, the lever unusually with a spiral hairspring which appears to linked to an electrical contact. Signed white enamel dial marked by hand "15"", subsidiary 60 seconds only, blue steel hand. Both in plain open face nickel cases, the bow mountings of one blocked with endstones, the electrical contact at the edge of the case. In a fitted morocco covered case lined with red velvet. The lid marked "Appareil a Observer Les Montres - COINCIDENCE - Jean L'Eplattenier, Constructeur La Chaux de Fonds".

Signed __________Jean L'Eplattenier

Circa 1920

Diameter 49 mm

An unusual set of timers. We are unsure of their exact purpose.

A Swiss Rolex Oyster perpetual wrist watch in a steel bubble back case. High quality lever movement with automatic rotor winding system. Signed centre seconds dial with luminous filled triangular batons and hands. Stainless steel oyster case with signed stainless steel screw on back and screw down button marked "Super Oyster Rolex". Brown alligator strap, chrome buckle.

Signed __________Rolex Oyster Perpetual - Officially Certified Chronometer

Circa 1940

Diameter 32 mm

A 20^th Century military black dial wrist watch by IWC in a stainless steel 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. Signed black dial with Ministry of Defence broad arrow, subsidiary seconds, white Arabic numerals. Luminous hands and five minute markings. Stainless steel wrist watch case, the signed clip on back with the broad arrow and marked W.W.W. both inside and out. Black nylon strap.

Signed __________International Watch Co.

Circa 1950

Diameter 35 mm

A fine late 18^th Century key in the form of a pistol. Steel barrel, gold cased lock and handle of the pistol chased and engraved in fine detail.

Circa 1800

Length 40 mm

An attractive small 19^th Century Austrian Zappler silver and enamel desk clock. Triangular gilt verge movement with going barrel. The short visible pendulum hangs in front of the small polychrome enamel dial. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Fine silver gilt balloon shaped case set with polychrome enamel panels depicting cherubs, soldiers and garden scenes. The back door hinging upward also set with a polychrome enamel panel. Standing on a cast silver gilt base with grotesque masks at the corners and surmounted by a cast silver gilt cherub sitting astride a wine barrel, grapes hanging from either side.

Anonymous Austrian

Circa 1840

Dimensions 66 x 46 x 131 mm

The silver gilt mounts and Enamel panels in outstanding condition which is very unusual for these Austrian clocks.

A small 19^th Century French table clock of white marble and ormolu. Small circular brass movement with going barrel. Small platform with club foot lever escapement. Domed white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands. Rectangular white marble case with gilt metal decoration standing on four turned gilt feet. Hinged glazed bezel over the dial and plain hinged rear door.

Anonymous French

Circa 1870

Dimensions 70 x 57 x 160 mm

A late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder clock with a view of Lake Geneva on the dial. Keywind bar 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. White enamel dial with a monochrome view over Lake Geneva depicting the bridge and horological factories on the far bank. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Heavy circular nickle case suitable for use as a paperweight and also with sliding dovetail mount to enable the clock to be hung on the wall. Thick bevelled flat glass.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1890

Diameter 72 mm

An interesting piece, probably originally a souvenir of the city. The picture shows the factory of Patek Philippe in the background.

A late 19^th Century French timepiece carriage clock with gilt mask dial. Polished rectangular brass movement with going barrel. Gilt platform with club foot lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring, polished steel regulator. Off white enamel chapter with Arabic numerals, decorative frosted gilt mask of a plain gilt ground, blue steel hands. Lacquered polished brass case with similar masks at the top and base of each side. Fluted cast square columns, turned finials and feet. Glazed sides and hinged rear door, glazed rectangular aperture to reveal the platform, folding fluted cast handle.

Anonymous French

Circa 1900

Dimensions 75 x 66 x 150 mm

A rare late 19^th Century English display case with gold mask. The body covered in scuffed red morocco and lined with velvet, folding easel stand. The hinged lid with a 9 carat gold mask, applied gold repousse decoration at the corners, revealing the dial of the watch. Suitable for open faced watches approximately 49 - 51 mm (shown with an American lever watch No. A6808).

Anonymous English

Hallmarked Birmingham 1900

Dimensions 73 x 78 mm

An unusual glazed display with burr walnut veneered frame of numeral cartouches from early 18^th Century watches and clocks. Concentric circles of the white enamel cartouches taken from gilt dials are displayed in the square frame, a dial from a calendar watch taking the place of one cartouche. At the centre a blue and white enamel disc for the age of the moon, two larger versions above and below.

Dimensions 230 x 230 mm

Six unusual glazed displays with burr walnut veneered frames. Two containing keys with their original stock packaging and four containing decorative dials, mainly from the late 19^th Century.

Dimensions from 160 x 190 to 200 x 270 mm

A late 17^th Century 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, unusually large pierced and engraved foot. Plain steel balance, silver regulator disc. Winding through the later white enamel dial, Arabic numerals.

Signed __________Windmil London 5202

Circa 1700

Diameter 43.5 mm - Depth 16.5 mm

Condition Excellent, working. Lacking hands.

A late 17^th Century English 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.

Signed __________S Decharmes London

Circa 1700

Diameter 41 mm - Depth 16 mm

Condition Excellent, working intermittently. Lacking dial, dial plate, case spring and motion work.

A 19^th Century English full plate gilt keywind fusee duplex movement with dust cover. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone. Large chronometer type compensation balance with freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. Screwed in jewelling to the fusee, escape and two further train wheel pivots with endstones. Fine white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold hands.

Signed __________Fra Sinderby London

Circa 1830

Diameter 49 mm - Depth 15 mm

Condition Excellent but requires cleaning. The fusee jewel damaged.

A fine movement. It is unusual for the pivots of train wheels to have endstones.

A mid 19^th Century English gilt half plate keywind spring detent chronometer movement with fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance with freesprung blue steel helical hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold Breguet hands.

Signed __________John Caney 53 Cheapside London 1/552

Circa 1860

Diameter 45 mm - Depth 8.5 mm

Condition Excellent, working.

A mid 19^th Century English gilt half plate keywind spring detent chronometer movement with power reserve indication. Fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance with freesprung blue steel helical hairspring. Earnshaw type spring detent chronometer escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Protected by the centre of an open face case.

Signed __________John Cashmore North Build's South Place Finsbury London

Circa 1860

Diameter 45.5 mm - Depth 9 mm

Condition Excellent, working.

A late 19^th Century Swiss gilt three quarter plate keywind chronometer movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance with freesprung blue steel helical hairspring. Screwed in jewelling, escape and detent pivots with endstones. Earnshaw type pivoted detent escapement. Attractive signed silver dial with subsidiary seconds. Applied gold Roman numerals and decoration at the centre and edge of the dial. Unusual stone set gold hands.

Signed __________J R Losada 281 Regent Street London

Circa 1880

Diameter 44 mm

Condition Excellent, working.

An early 19^th Century full plate gilt keywind fusee rack lever movement by Litherland. Decorative pierced and engraved bell shaped cock inscribed "Patent" on the foot, diamond endstone, gilt dust cover. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Rack lever escapement with thirty tooth escape wheel, adjustable slides to the lever. Winding through the white enamel dial with Roman numerals.

Signed __________Litherland & Co Liverpool

Circa 1805

Diameter 46 mm

Condition Excellent but requires cleaning. Lacking minute hand.

A 19^th Century Swiss independent seconds keywind gilt bar movement. Two suspended going barrels, one for the going train, the other for independent seconds. Plain cock with polished steel parachute suspension, blue steel regulator with bimetallic compensation curb. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Right angle club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with seconds beating centre seconds. Two subsidiaries of Roman numerals, one for continuous time, the other showing the time the independent seconds running, blue steel hands.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1870

Diameter 46 mm

Condition Excellent, working.

A late 19^th Century English full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with power reserve indication. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Gilt dust cover. Fine white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals.

Anonymous English

Circa 1880

Diameter 44 mm - Depth 9.5 mm

Condition Excellent, working. Lacking hands.

An unusual late 19^th Century Swiss gilt split three quarter plate keyless chronograph movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with continuous subsidiary seconds and flyback centre seconds. The subsidiary dial on the left marked "Temps Vrai" with Arabic numerals and blue steel hands shows the time. The right hand subsidiary marked "Comptuer" with Roman numerals and gilt hands shows the elapsed hours and minutes up to twelve hours. Both hands return when the chronograph is reset.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1890

Diameter 45 mm

Condition Excellent, working.

A fine late 19^th Century Swiss minute repeating 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 to the hammers, escape pivots with endstones. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Fine clip on white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1880

Diameter 44.5 mm

Condition Excellent but requires cleaning. Lacking hands.

A rare late 18^th Century Swiss quarter repeating virgule keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement. Suspended going barrel with polished steel stop work. Plain bell shaped cock with polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Red gilt going and repeating train wheels. Gilt four arm virgule escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs.

Anonymous Swiss

Circa 1800

Diameter 50 mm

Condition Excellent, requires cleaning, the repeat working. Lacking click for the quarter hour hammer, motion work and dial.