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18th Century Watches

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Rare Skeletonised Repeating Pocket Watch with Glass Dial

A rare 18^th Century skeletonised quarter repeating Swiss verge with glass dial in a stone set consular case. Full plate fusee movement with three round pillars. The plate and barrel cover pierced and engraved to reveal the trains and blue steel mainspring. Engraved cock, polished steel coqueret set with a garnet, small circular blue steel regulator geared to a plate carrying the index pins. Plain three arm steel balance. Push pendant a toc quarter repeating on two blocks in the case. Winding through the rare glass dial which reveals the polished steel quarter repeating work below. Underpainted white Arabic numerals, decorative gold hands. Double sided two colour gold consular case, the bezels set with a row of white stones.

Skeletonised repeating watches of the period are very rare. The use of a glass dial to show the quarter repeating work makes this example even more desirable

Circa 1760

£6,750.00 Add to cart
Rare Gilt Toy Metal Chatelaine and Watch

A rare mid 18th Century gilt toy chatelaine and watch. Small gilt watch with chased and engraved back, white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and hands. Small chased and engrave clip, two short chains supporting the watch and two other chains, one with a key.

Circa 1760

£1,500.00 Add to cart
Enamel Patch Box in the Form of a Watch

A rare mid 18^th Century English Staffordshire enamel patch box in the form of a pair cased watch of the period. The back decorated with polychrome flowers in light relief on a puce ground. The front of the box enamelled with a representation of a watch dial of the period, the painted hands set at seven minutes past five. Hinged brass bezels, pendant and stirrup bow, the interior in plain white counter enamel.

A rare box in good condition apart from some minor damage to the front bezel

Circa 1760

£750.00 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
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
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
Gold and Enamel Stone Set Verge

An 18^th Century Swiss verge in a stone set 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 blue steel indicator. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced stone set hands. Gold consular case, oval cartouche on the back of three colour gold and enamel within a stone set frame surrounded by a border of light green translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. Outside this a further band of enamelled foliate decoration with applied gold rope band. Stone set front bezel.

Circa 1770

£3,900.00 Add to cart
Gilt Underpainted Horn English Verge

An 18^th Century English verge in gilt metal and underpainted horn pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, large diamond endstone in a polished steel setting, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain gilt inner case. Gilt outer case covered in dark underpainted horn decorated with gilt pique pins.

Circa 1770

£950.00 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
Quarter Striking Centre Seconds Coachwatch

A fine large Chinese market. 18th Century English quarter striking clockwatch with centre seconds in paste set gilt metal pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover. Pierced and engraved masked cock set with a large cabochon garnet endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Fusee and chain. Large resting barrel for the petite sonnerie quarter strike, two polished steel hammers striking a bell in the case. White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gilt beetle and poker hands. Large pierced and engraved inner case with gilt pendant and bow. Two steel levers, one for strike / silent, the other to stop the watch. Pierced and engraved gilt metal outer case, the front bezel set with a row of red and clear paste stones.

An impressive English coachwatch made for the Chinese market. Timothy Williamson, 1769 – 88. A musical centre seconds watch made for the Emperor of Chine is in the Carnegie Museum. A number of clocks by him with music and automaton are held in the Palace Museum, Beijing. See a cylinder watch given to this maker by William Hughes in 1786, item A10442.

Circa 1770

£18,500.00 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