19th Century Watches

An early 19^th Century English cylinder in a turquoise set gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Plain cock with large diamond endstone, polished steel Bosley regulator.  Plain flat three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Gold matted dial with applied gold Roman numerals, gold hands.  Drum shaped gold engine turned 18 carat open face case, the turquoise set bezels with applied gold decoration.  Engine turned middle and back, gold bow with applied gold decoration.   Maker’s mark “LC” below a scroll, number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 19^th Century English duplex by McCabe in a decorative gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved masked cock with large diamond endstone, plain three arm gold balance with three screws, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the plate.  Duplex escapement with jewelled locking stone, large brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones.  Gold dial, engine turned centre and applied gold decoration at the edge repeating the minute markings.  Subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt seconds hand, blue steel Breguet hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case, the middle with deeply chased and engraved  cast foliate decoration repeated on the gold pendant and bow. Ribbed bezels, wound through the gold inner dome engraved with a coat of arms, maker’s marks “TW” and  “IMC” and number corresponding to that on the movement.

An early 19^th Century English Massey type two lever with fine decorative gold dial in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover.  Harrison’s maintaining power. Chased and engraved cock inscribed “Patent – Detach’d”, diamond endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator.  Plain three arm polished steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Massey type two  lever escapement.  Fine and attractive gold dial, applied gold  Roman numerals on a matted ground.  Applied three colour gold decoration to the centre and border of the dial, blue steel hands.  Engine turned 18 carat open face case, the movement hinged at 9 o’clock.  Engine turned bezels, deeply chased and engraved middle, pendant and bow.  Maker’s mark “TH & Co” and number corresponding to that on the movement.