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19th Century Watches

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Chinese Market Gold and Enamel Captains Watch

A fine early 19^th Century Swiss duplex made for the Chinese market in a gold and enamel 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. Crab tooth duplex escapement, the steel escape wheel with two locking teeth so that the watch will appear to beat seconds. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for two time zones, both with Roman numerals, Seconds beating both for centre seconds and subsidiary seconds, blue steel seconds hand and gilt Breguet hands. Large gold and enamel open face case, fine polychrome enamel scene of a classically dressed couple and child. Gold bezel decorated with translucent red, white and blue champleve enamel. Matching gold and enamel pendant and bow. Glazed cover to the movement with sprung engraved gilt bezel.

Circa 1820

£55,000.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Verge

An early 19^th Century quarter repeating verge with decorative dial in a gold open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Semi-circular engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret visible through a shaped aperture in the gilt cuvette. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring above a richly engraved circular plate. Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Unusual engraved gold dial partly enamelled to emphasise the central scene of a shepherd addressing a King. Black enamel Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Faded engine turned gold open face case with ribbed middle, gold push pendant, sprung gilt cuvette.

Circa 1820

£4,650.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Watch Set with Pearls

An early 19th century gold and enamel watch set with a row of pearls. Full plate gilt fusee movement well converted to cylinder. 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 fully restored white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Gold consular case decorated translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground overlaid with gilt stars. A single row of whole pearls set around the middle of the case.

Circa 1820

£4,500.00 Add to cart
Unusual Skull Form Watch

An early 19^th Century English verge in an Unusual memento mori skull form case. Full plate fire gilt movement with fusee and chain. Pierced and engraved masked cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Convex white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Unusual cast metal case realistically painted in the form of a memento mori skull.

Circa 1820

£4,200.00 Add to cart
Unusual Silver Gilt Desk Clock

An unusual gem set silver gilt desk clock in the form of a carriage being drawn by butterflies. Small 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. Wound through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gilt Breguet hands. The movement housed in a plain drum with a glazed hinged front door and clip on glazed back. This sits on an ornate carriage constructed from pierced and engraved silver gilt frames. A small cast cherub drives the carriage holding the reigns to three well modelled butterflies pulling the coach. The dial side of the coach set with white and red gem stones. Pierced and engraved wheels sitting on a rectangular lapis lazuli base.

Circa 1820

£3,850.00 Add to cart
Pottery Bottle with Watch Face

An unusual early 19^th Century continental pottery perfume bottle. Light blue glazed body, on one side a depiction of a white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and hands. On the other a naive depiction of a young lady. Lacking stopper.

Circa 1820

£350.00 Add to cart
Silver French Verge Alarm Watch

A 19^th Century French verge alarm in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Alarm train with small resting barrel, single polished steel hammer striking a bell. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands, gilt alarm hand. Engine turned silver gilt open face case with ribbed middle, flat crown to allow the alarm to be set. Opening the back cover reveals the engraved and pierced inner dome to allow the bell to be heard clearly.

Circa 1820

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Seven Watch Keys

Six 19th Century watch keys and an 18th Century gilt metal crank key. Three ratchet keys, one an elegant long gold key set with a small red stone, a silver key and the third gilt with circular open body. A small gold key set with a bloodstone, a long engraved silver key set with a yellow oval stone and a gilt metal key in the form of a pistol.

Circa 1820

£840.00 Add to cart
Pearl Set Gold and Enamel Pendant Watch

A small early 19^th Century Swiss verge in a pearl set gold and enamel full hunter case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. 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. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold Breguet hands. Gold full hunter case, the bezels set with two rows of split pearls. Both covers with engine turned centres bordered by light blue champleve enamel. The front cover opened by depressing a button in the pendant.

Circa 1820

£1,600.00 Add to cart
Turquoise Set Gold Verge Hunter

An early 19^th Century French verge in a turquoise set three colour gold full hunter case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. 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. Winding through the engine turned gold dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Three colour gold full hunter case, domed covers with geometric applied gold decoration set with turquoise stone.

Circa 1820

£2,400.00 Add to cart
Massey Type I Silver Pair Case Pocket Watch By Massey

An early 19^th Century English Massey I lever in silver pair cases. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with plain gilt dust cover. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, stamped on the underside of the foot “EM – P – 2672”. Blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type one lever escapement, thirty tooth escape wheel. Early form of banking with the pins formed together and screwed on the top plate. Off white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Matching plain silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “WB” in an oval.

In excellent overall condition. Edward Massey of Coventry and London developed the crank roller escapement which has five variations. He retailed few watches under his own name but made them for other makers. The underside of the cock not only bears his initials and serial number but also the stamp of the ebauche supplier, “TB” in a rectangle. This is repeated on the dust cover. S J Whitwell has not marked the movement with a number or town

Hallmarked Birmingham 1821

£925.00 Add to cart
Unusual Pair Cased Windmill Automaton

A rare 19^th Century English verge with an unusual form of windmill automaton in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Rare fully restored polychrome enamel dial depicting a church on the left, its clock tower indicating the hours in Roman numerals. The minutes are shown by a central gilt hand on a very narrow chapter at the edge of the dial in Arabic numerals. On the right a windmill, the black sails rotating on the contrate wheel arbor. Matching silver pair cases, silver oval pendant and bow, maker’s mark “JM” in a rectangle.

Hallmarked London 1826

£3,400.00 Add to cart