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19th Century Watches

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Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder Pocket Watch

A 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat drum shaped open face case, the back with a vacant oval cartouche close to the edge, engine turned middle. Gold push pendant for the repeat with locking slide in the band. Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.

Circa 1835

£2,750.00 Add to cart
Silver Duplex by McCabe

A mid 19^th Century English duplex by McCabe fitted in a silver full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, ruby locking jewel, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Fitted in a later plain silver full hunter case.

Circa 1838

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Watch with Lorgnettes

A rare combination of watch and folding lorgnettes in a diamond set gold and enamel case. Rectangular keywind gilt bar 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. Circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Gold engine turned and engraved case. The front cover decorated with translucent blue enamel over an engine turned ground, foliate decoration set with a large diamond and small diamonds around it. Moving a small latch in the waisted section of the body releases the spectacles which spring out and unfold themselves at the bridge. Presentation box cover in underpainted horn inlaid with brass stringing, purple velvet lining.

Circa 1840

£11,000.00 Add to cart
Rare Pearl and Ruby Encrusted Gold Watch

An early 19^th Century rare pearl and ruby encrusted gold open face watch. Fitted with a Swiss cylinder Keywind gilt bar movement, plain cock with polished steel regulator. Wound through the gilt dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Fine gold open face case the bezels set with a row of pink rubies each circled by split pearls. The back encrusted with graduated split pearls in a geometric pattern set around a central ruby. The background of the design filled with many hundreds of tiny split pearls entirely covering the back. Pearl set pendant, ruby and pearl set bow. Green morocco covered presentation case.

Circa 1840

£11,500.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Digital Dial Cylinder Pocket Watch

A slim early 19^th Century French cylinder with digital hours in a gold and champleve enamel open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Unusual engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, offset minutes and an aperture above displaying the hours in Arabic numerals, gold minute hand, blue steel seconds hand. Slim gold and restored black champleve enamel open face case, wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

Circa 1840

£2,350.00 Add to cart
Ivory Watch Stand

A 19^th Century folding ivory watch stand. Central shaped plain section with a shallow indent for the body of the watch surrounded by well carved and pierced foliate decoration. The brass hook for the watch is formed as part of the hinge an folds flat when the ivory easel stand is closed.

Circa 1840

£600.00 Add to cart
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
English Silver Dial Fusee Lever Pocket Watch

A 19^th Century English fusee lever with silver dial in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Silver dial with engine turned centre and applied two colour gold decoration at the edge. Applied gold Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds,, blue steel hands. Faded engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle, maker's mark “ILS & Co”.

Circa 1840

£590.00 Add to cart
Rare Pearl Encrusted Gold Repeater

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a rare pearl encrusted gold open face case. Skeletonised three quarter plate gilt keywind movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Fine gold open face case the bezels set with a row of large split pearls. The back encrusted with graduated split pearls in a geometric pattern. The background of the design filled with many hundreds of tiny split pearls entirely covering the back. Trefoil bow, wound and set through the gold cuvette. Pearl set key and short gold chain.

Circa 1840

£29,000.00 Add to cart
Long Silver Chatelaine

A mid 19^th Century silver simple chatelaine of five lengths of fine curb link chain. Plain silver bars at each end and three keepers on the chains. Later shield shaped silver fob with vacant gold centre. The back engraved with details of a Euphonium competition in 1929, hallmarked Birmingham 1928.

Circa 1840

£190.00 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
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