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20th Century Watches

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Hamilton Model 22 Marine Chronometer

A mid 20^th Century American 56 hour Model 22 lever marine chronometer in a gimbaled mahogany box. Damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, uncut balance employing quarter timing nuts, overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Small turned brass bowl with knurled screw bezel, Brass crown for mind and set. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism, brass ratchet key bearing the serial number. Three tier mahogany box, inside the middle tier a rectangular plate detailing instructions on how to use the watch and set the hands. The weighted brass screw base engraved “MTD Watch – Bureau of Ship – US Navy – N5709-1942”. The serial number repeated on the bowl and bezel.

Circa 1942

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Small Two Day Marine Chronometer by Nardin

A mid 20^th Century Swiss two day spring detent marine chronometer in a brass bound mahogany box. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, four turned pillars secured by polished steel screws. Fusee and barrel under a separate bridge bearing Nardin’s stamp and serial number. Harrison’s maintaining power, gilt barrel ratchet wheel and click. Gilt cock with diamond endstone, polished steel micrometer regulator. Compensation balance, the two arms placed centrally in the rims, four circular weights and two timing nuts. Blue steel overcoil hairspring. Earnshaw spring detent escapement, escape wheel under a separate bridge, pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered silvered brass dial, subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Turned brass bowl, sprung rotating shutter to the winding hole, screw brass bezel with flat glass. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism. Three tier brass bound mahogany box, folding brass handles, rectangular signed plate above circular numbered disc.

Circa 1945

£2,900.00 Add to cart
Gold Dress Watch and Fob

A 20^th Century Swiss lever 9 carat Swiss lever dress watch and Unusual three colour gold fob. Small 21 jewel circular nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, shockproof jewelling, uncut balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed dial with narrow batons, gilt hands. Slim plain 9 carat open face case with clip on back and bezel, maker’s mark “ECW” in a rectangle. Unusual mesh fob with alternating bands of three colour 9 carat gold.

Hallmarked London 1959

£1,350.00 Add to cart
Bezel Wound Marine Chronometer

An unusual mid 20^th Century bezel wound Swiss lever two day marine chronometer in a brass bound mahogany box. Spotted gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with large going barrel. Unusual construction with a substantial steel winding wheel attached to the centre of the bowl housing the movement. This bowl is free to rotate around the movement aided by five sprung ball bearings at its edge. Subsidiary platform for the escapement, plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed silvered brass dial, subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication. Large Arabic numerals for the hours one to twelve and small numerals in the minute ring for thirteen to twenty four, blue steel hands. Plain brass bezel which is turned to wind the clock. This bezel is raised and turned to adjust the hands. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism. Two tier brass bound mahogany box with shallow top lid.

Circa 1960

£1,750.00 Add to cart
Gold Dress Watch by Longines

A 20^th Century Swiss lever 14 carat gold dress watch. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed silvered dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold batons, gilt hands. Plain 14 carat open face case with clip on bezel and back marked “Longines – Wittnauer – Star W C Co.”

Circa 1967

£2,100.00 Add to cart
Slim Gold Swiss Lever

A late 20^th Century Swiss lever in a decorative gold open face case. Nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with shockproof jewelling, steel regulator, plain three arm balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed decorative gold dial with black Roman numerals, black painted serpentine hands. Decorative slim 18 carat open face case, coin edge middle, clip on back and bezel, maker’s mark “Moeris”

Circa 1975

£1,800.00 Add to cart
Set of Timing Chronographs

A set of three centre seconds flyback chronograph timers on a dashboard mount. The three movements of broadly similar construction with nickle plates, plain steel balances with spiral hairsprings and shockproof jewelling. The centre chronograph with a club foot lever escapement. The others with pin pallet. All function in the same way. Depressing the winding crown either starts or stops the watch. Depressing the button at 11 o’clock returns the hands to zero. The centre chronograph’s black hand rotates once a minute, the dial being marked in one hundredths of a minute. The smaller red hand with red Arabic numerals records for sixty minutes. The right hand chronograph is conventionally marked with a subsidiary for thirty minute record. The left hand chronograph’s hand rotates twice every minute. The dial is marked in black Arabic numerals up to thirty seconds and in red of thirty two to sixty seconds. Chromed metal cases with flat grains backs, black plastic crowns and return buttons. Three strong retaining springs are mounted on a substantial chromed plate with screw holes at the corners.

Circa 1995

£975.00 Add to cart
Glass Display Dome

A simple glass display dome with solid glass knob and hook to hang a watch.

2010

£60.00 Read more