19th Century Watches

A fine early 19^th Century English four colour gold decorative watch with matching dial.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Plain cock inscribed “Inventor & Fecit” on the table, diamond endstone.  Plain four arm polished steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Converted to English table roller lever escapement.  Fine gold dial, matted ground with applied gold decoration to the centre, applied gold  Roman numerals, serpentine gold hands. Attractive18 carat open face case with chased and engraved repousse middle, pendant ad bow.  Protected by a glazed cover the decoration on back still crisp.  Four colour gold back, the chased and engraved central foliate decoration surrounded by a similar border, maker’s mark “DW”

An early 19^th Century verge in a rare pearl set case in the form of a lamb.  Small circular 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.  Wound through the restored white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands.  Very rare two piece case in the form of a lamb at rest in restored polychrome enamel on gold set with split pearls. The two halves of the case depict the lamb from the front and back.  Behind the lamb can be seen an upturned straw hat containing roses.  Fixed gold loop set with split pearls and small rectangular gold button to open the cover.  Fitted in a velvet lined presentation case.