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19th Century Watches

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Enamelled Silver Gilt Chinese Market Pocket Watch

A mid 19^th Century centre seconds duplex made for the Chinese market in a pearl set silver gilt and enamelled open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved bridges and suspended going barrel, blue steel stop work and screws. Engraved sector cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator. Five arm polished steel balance. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with centre seconds, slender Roman numerals, gilt hands. Unusual silver gilt open face case, the front bezel, front of the oval pendant and bow set with split pearls. On the reverse the bezel, pendant and bow are decorated with blue champleve enamel. The back of a finely painted polychrome enamel portrait of a young lady on a blue background. Wound and set through the sprung gilt cuvette.

A very well executed portrait on an unusual case. In excellent overall condition

Circa 1840

£25,000.00 Add to cart
Silver Pair Cased Oddfellows Dial Verge

A mid 19^th Century English verge with polychrome enamel dial of the Oddfellows Society in silver pair cases. Full plate fusee movement with round pillars. Pierced and engraved round cock, polished steel regulator on top plate below the plain three arm steel balance. White enamel dial, polychrome enamel and gilt centre painted with two women and Oddfellows symbols, the all seeing eye above and below the motto “Amicita Amor et Veritas”. Around the scene “Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity”. Roman numerals, gilt hands. Silver pair cases, plain silver inner with silver oval pendant and bow, maker's mark “JH” in an oval. Plain silver outer case with faded mark.

Hallmarked London 1841

£1,450.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Cylinder Pocket Watch

A mid 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator . Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Silver dial with decoratively engraved centre, Roman numerals, gold hands. Engraved gold open face case, the back with a well painted polychrome enamel scene of a lady and a cupid in a chapel. Wound and set through the engine turned gold cuvette.

Circa 1850

£2,950.00 Add to cart
Two English Lever Movements

Two English fusee lever movements, one by Frodsham the other by Dent. Both with white enamel dials, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals.

Circa 1850

£135.00 Add to cart
Gilt Turquoise and Garnet Chatelaine

A mid 19^th Century continental gilt metal chatelaine. The oval body set with turquoise and garnets supporting two chains. From one hangs a small oval glass scent bottle with screw cap and the other a gilt mounted amethyst seal engraved “Gang Warily”.

Circa 1850

£360.00 Add to cart
Rosewood Watch Stand

A 19^th Century Rosewood box watch stand. Rectangular box decorated with bone corners, strap and escutcheon, the corners cross banded with rounded mahogany. Inside a hinged holder for the watch similarly decorated and lined with purple velvet, folding brass stay hinges and lock.

Circa 1860

£300.00 Add to cart
English Fusee Movement

A mid 19^th Century English gilt three quarter plate keywind lever movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Numbered white enamel dial marked “Chronometer”, centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.

Circa 1860

£175.00 Add to cart
Rare Irish Gold and Enamel Lever

A rare mid 19^th Century Irish fusee lever in a gold and enamel full hunter case decorated with shamrocks. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain, Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Decorative engine turned and engraved gold dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial 18 carat full hunter case with ribbed middle. Both covers engraved and decorated with two rows of shamrocks in translucent green enamel. On the front cover the shield shaped cartouche engraved with a heraldic device. The back cover centered by a harp in blue and red and enamel. Maker’s mark "JD" and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked Dublin 1863

£6,500.00 Add to cart
Swiss Lapel Watch

A late 19^th Century Swiss buttonhole lapel watch in a gilt metal case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Very small dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gilt metal case with clip on back, the movement housed in the larger section worn behind the lapel. The narrow neck of the case houses the cannon pinion and supports the dial.

The dial unusually small, perhaps to encourage a close approach to read it

Circa 1870

£525.00 Add to cart
Irish Fusee Lever Movement

A 19^th Century Irish full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel Bosley regulator, English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling.

Circa 1870

£60.00 Add to cart
Keywind Lever in Rare Cabriolet Gold Case

A large late 19^th Century lever in a rare reversible cabriolet gold hunter pair case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, polished steel escape wheel. White enamel dial signed "BWCo", subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, decorative gilt hands. Rare heavy 18 carat cabriolet case which can be used either as a full hunter or as an open face. The inner gold case with florally engraved back and plain middle. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette, gold button in the pendant to open the back. This can be used on its own or placed in the three section gold outer case with either the dial or back visible. When the dial is shown the watch still appears to be a conventional open face watch with the engraved back depicting a Scottish hunting scene. Alternatively with the florally engraved back of the inner visible the watch becomes a full hunter, the button in the pendant serving to open the front cover.

Circa 1870

£5,200.00 Add to cart
Gold Independent Seconds Lever Pocket Watch

A 19^th Century Swiss independent seconds lever in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with two suspended going barrels under separate bridges. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance, overcoil hairspring. Club foot straight line lever escapement. Seperate independent train for the centre seconds hand which jumps once each second. Off white enamel dial with continuous subsidiary seconds and independent jump centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, small slide in the band to start and stop the independent seconds. Wound and set through the gold cuvette, dedication on the inside of the back lid, maker's mark “SQ” in a shield.

Unusual for a Swiss Independent seconds movement to be cased by Samuel Quilliam who is most noted for producing slow beat lever watches for Joseph Yates

Hallmarked Chester 1873

£2,400.00 Add to cart