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18th Century Watches

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Rare Steel Cased French Verge Pocket Watch

A rare mid 18^th Century French verge in a chased steel and gilt consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. 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. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Very rare steel consular case, the scene of a couple in a garden and a man sitting on an arch chased and engraved. The matted areas of the scene washed with gilt. Polished steel interior, steel pendant and bow.

Steel cases for watches are very rare. The scene has been cut into thick gauge steel and the engraving is still crisp

Circa 1760

£3,900.00 Add to cart
Early Subsidiary Seconds English Verge Pocket Watch

An 18^th Century English verge with subsidiary seconds in gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with turned pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral steel stop lever acting on the contrate wheel. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gilt metal pair cases, gilt pendant and bow, the inner bearing marks intended to resemble hallmarks.

An early example of a verge with subsidiary seconds. Although some makers introduced watches with seconds shortly after the balance spring was introduced the practice was largely abandoned as the verge escapement was not accurate enough. The seconds subsidiary on this watch is not exactly at 6 o'clock, its position dictated by the contrate wheel pinion

Circa 1770

£1,190.00 Add to cart
English Centre Seconds Cylinder in Silver Pair Cases

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

Circa 1770

£1,800.00 Add to cart
Three Colour Gold and Enamel Pair Cased Swiss Verge

An 18^th Century Swiss verge in paste set gold and enamel pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock with 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, decorative stone set hands. Plain gold inner case, gold pendant and bow, number corresponding to that on the movement. Gold outer case, the front bezel set with a row of pastes, paste set button. Oval three colour gold cartouche of foliate decoration surrounded by a dark blue enamel border.

Circa 1770

£3,300.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel French Repeater

A mid 18^th Century French quarter repeating 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 steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals for the hours separated with white stones, Arabic minute numerals. Decorative stone set hands. Gold and enamel consular case, the back set with a polychrome plaque depicting a couple in a garden. Narrow stone set border to the scene and front bezel.

Circa 1770

£5,000.00 Add to cart
Gold and Moss Agate Etui

A mid 18^th Century moss agate etui with gold repousse furniture. The two parts of the case constructed from panels of polished moss agate secured by repousse gold bands. Gold bow and large diamond button to open the top. The body houses a pair of gold handled scissors, gold bodkin, gold and steel double ended tweezers and file, pencil and notepad. Also included is a folding razor, the gold blade protected by a gold repousse body with panels of moss agate.

Circa 1770

£6,500.00 Add to cart
Gilt Metal Chatelaine

An 18^th Century continental gilt metal chatelaine. Chased and engraved links and buckle depicting animals and flowers. Two chains for accessories similarly decorated with flowers. Three hinged clips secured by threaded collars.

Circa 1770

£625.00 Add to cart
Gilt Metal Chatelaine

An 18^th Century continental gilt metal chatelaine. Chased and engraved links and buckle depicting birds within oval frames. Three links supporting the attachment for the watch also linked by two subsidiary chains. Two similar further chains for accessories fitted with sprung clips.

Circa 1770

£900.00 Add to cart
Engraved Gilt Metal Chatelaine

A late 18^th Century chased and engraved gilt metal chatelaine. Gilt clip buckle suspending three further oval cartouches, two extra chains also linked to the clip. Two further short chains, swivel latches with hinge and threaded safety ring, one damaged attached to the ring.

Circa 1770

£750.00 Add to cart
Diamond Set Gold French Quarter Repeating Cylinder

A small 18^th Century French dumb quarter repeating cylinder in a diamond set gold consular case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with garnet endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel, jewelled pivots. Push pendant quarter repeating on small blocks in the case. Wound through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, the signature repeated again engraved on the dial plate edge. Fine diamond set hands. Fine three colour gold consular case set with diamonds. On the back a scene of a couple in a formal garden framed in an oval diamond set border. The two colour gold bezel with a row of diamonds opened by a small concealed pin at the edge. Gold push pendant, diamond set gold bow. Maker’s mark “XG” below a star in a rectangle.

Circa 1774

£6,100.00 Add to cart
Painted Dial Silver Pair Cased Verge

An 18^th Century English verge with polychrome enamel hunting scene in silver pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with turned pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial, central white chapter of Roman numerals around which a polychrome enamel scene depicting hounds chasing a stag, Fine gilt beetle and poker hands. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker’s mark “TC”.

Hallmarked London 1779

£1,450.00 Add to cart
English Gold and Enamel Repeater

An 18^th Century English quarter repeater in a fine gold and enamel consular case. Full plate fire gilt movement, gilt dust cover pierced to reveal the regulator and table of the cock. Decorative pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone in a blue steel setting. Pierced and engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel, banking pin in the lower plug of the cylinder. Push pendant quarter repeating on two blocks in the case. Winding through the fine white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Fine gold and enamel consular case with gold push pendant and bow, large diamond set case button, maker’s mark "IM". The restored back with a very finely painted en grisaille scene of two Greek sibyls in a garden scene. Border of white enamel and dark translucent blue champleve enamel on an engraved ground.

Hallmarked London 1779

£10,500.00 Add to cart