19th Century Watches

A small early 19^th Century French verge in an unusual gold and enamel vinaigrette ball watch with matching chain and key.  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.  Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold hands.  Small spherical gold case opened by pressing a button in the long gold pendant.  The case covered in black enamel decorated with white champleve enamel.  Inside the lid a pierced gold cover forming a vinaigrette Matching gold and enamel chain and tipsy ratchet key.  In a small fitted presentation case of red morocco lined in cream velvet.

An early 19th century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel case.  Small Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Wound through the engine turned gold dial, white enamel minute ring and cartouches of Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Gold open face case, the bezels set with split pearls.  Fully restored gold and enamel back with a polychrome lakeland scene, the sky of translucent light pink enamel over an engine turned ground. Ribbed middle, small button in the pendant to open the front bezel.