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Underpainted Horn Pair Cased Verge Pocket Watch

An 18^th Century English verge in underpainted horn gilt pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gold arrow hands. Gilt metal pair cases, gilt pendant and bow. Plain gilt inner, maker's mark “IW” in a rectangle. Gilt outer covered in translucent horn underpainted fern, ladybirds, ants and butterflies.

Unusually the watch is signed and dated for the original lady owner showing it was specially ordered . In excellent condition

Circa 1780

£1,350.00 Read more
Crucifix Form Watch

An 18^th Century watch in the style of a 17th Century rock crystal crucifix form watch. Crucifix shaped full plate gilt movement, decoratively engraved plate, three square baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved oval cock, pierced and engraved foot. Fusee and gut with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Small plain two arm steel balance without hairspring. Silver gilt dial decorated with champleve light green enamel, small oval framed depiction of Adam and Eve. Small silver chapter of Roman numerals, single blue steel hand. Very unusual crucifix shaped case in the style of an early 17th Century rock crystal watch. Thick bevel glasses in silver bezels decorated with blue and green champleve enamel. The movement fixed to a silver gilt frame from which the glazed sides are hinged in eight separate sections. Fixed cast silver finial and pendant with ring bow.

An interesting watch constructed in a similar fashion to English work of the mid 18th Century but without a hairspring. Almost certainly made as a novelty at that time rather than as an attempt to deceive. Two almost identical watches are in the State Historical Cultural Museum, Moscow Kremlin and The Vacheron and Constantin collection. See “The Treasures of the Kremlin: Masterpieces of Horology” number 20 and plate 9 of “The Technique and History of the Swiss Watch”.

Circa 1780

£11,500.00 Read more
Swiss Gilt Pair Cased Verge with Enamel Portrait

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in gilt pair cases with a polychrome enamel portrait. Small full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and engraved masked cock, garnet endstone, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Plain gilt inner case marked “Leton”. Gilt outer case, the back set with an oval polychrome enamel portrait within a paste set white metal mask over a blue enamelled ground.

Circa 1780

£2,100.00 Read more
Underpainted Horn English Verge

A late 18^th Century English verge in gilt metal and underpainted horn pair cases. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement. Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands. Gilt metal pair cases, plain inner case , maker's mark “RN”. Gilt metal outer case underpainted with ferns and decorated with gilt pique pins.

In excellent overall condition.

Circa 1780

£890.00 Read more
Three Colour Gold Swiss Verge

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in a decorative three colour gold consular case. 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 blue steel indicator. Pentagonal baluster pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine decorative pierced gold hands. Gold consular case, engraved gold bezels the back decorated with a scene in applied three colour gold.

Circa 1780

£3,300.00 Read more
Three Colour Gold French Verge

A late 18^th Century French verge in a three colour gold consular case. 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. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, pierced and engraved gold hands. Three colour gold consular case, the back with applied gold decoration in an oval frame.

Circa 1780

£3,300.00 Read more
Three Colour Gold French Verge Pocket Watch

A late 18^th Century French verge in a stone set three colour gold consular case. 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 blue steel indicator. Round pillars. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine pierced gold hands. Three colour gold consular case, the front bezel set with a row of stones. The back decorated with applied three colour decoration, the central oval scene set with stones.

Circa 1780

£2,800.00 Read more
Swiss Gold Skeletonised Verge

A late 18^th Century skeletonised Swiss verge in a double sided stone set gold case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with three turned pillars. The back plate skeletonised, plain cock with diamond endstone, pierced and engraved barrel cover. Plain three arm polished steel balance. Decorative pierced silver mask over the plate set with stones. Winding through the white enamel dial, decorated with white stones between the Roman and Arabic numerals. Decorative silver hands set with stones. Double sided gold consular case, engraved bezels set with stones, gold bow

Circa 1780

£3,500.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Quarter Repeating Pocket Watch

An 18^th Century French quarter repeating verge in an enamel set two colour gold consular case. 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 blue steel indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on two blocks in the case. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Gold consular case, the front bezel set with a row of stones. Applied two colour gold decoration to the back surrounding a polychrome enamel portrait of a young woman set with split pearls. The top of the push pendant set with stones.

Circa 1780

Original price was: £3,500.00.Current price is: £2,900.00. Read more
Gold and Enamel Centre Seconds Cylinder

A fine late 18^th Century French centre seconds cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case. Unusual slim full plate gilt movement, the spring for the resting barrel under an engraved bridge. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel regulator under a polished steel bridge. Polished steel cylinder. Wound through the convex white enamel centre seconds dial, Arabic numerals, fine gold beetle and poker hands, serpentine centre seconds hand. Gold and enamel case, the bezels engraved at the edge and with two bands of pale blue and white enamel. Fine polychrome enamel scene of a classically dressed young woman in a formal garden, an architect working at her feet. Pale translucent pink enamel over an engine turned ground. Rectangular gold and enamel pendant and octagonal gold bow.

Circa 1780

£16,500.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Calendar Verge

A fine late 18^th Century Swiss calendar verge in a gold and enamel consular case and glazed protective outer. Unusual slim full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel regulator, broad index engraved on the plate. Convex white enamel dial, central date calendar with red Arabic numerals, large blue steel hand. Black Arabic numerals, fine gold Breguet hands. Gold and enamel consular case, gilt decorated translucent dark blue enamel bezels. Gold and enamel back with gilt decorated white border. Fine oval polychrome enamel scene of a lady with a boy and dog in a formal garden on translucent blue enamel over a ground of engine turning radiating from the centre. Gold bow and numbered pendant marked “PIG”. Gilt metal hinged frame glazed on the back to protect the enamel.

An attractive watch in excellent overall condition apart from a small section of repaired enamel on the front bezel

Circa 1780

£12,500.00 Read more
Gold and Enamel Diamond Set Watch with Chatelaine

A late 18^th Century English verge in a fine diamond and pearl set gold and enamel consular case with matching chatelaine and fitted case. Full plate fire gilt movement, pierced and engraved cock with garnet endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Winding through the gold engraved and engine turned dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands. Fine gold consular case decorated with translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground . The bezels set with a row of large split pearls. In the centre of the back a large single diamond surrounded by geometric spray of small diamonds in a white metal setting. Matching gold chatelaine, the rectangular pin set with two quatrafoils of pearls and bordered with further split pearls. Hinged gold pin and unusual small watch type bow and pendant above. Three string of pearls hang from the pin, each with diamond set gold and enamel links. Two support the watch, the other a jump ring with a key , a matching seal and flask. The agate oval seal with an intaglio bust, gold and enamel gallery above. Unusual pearl set gold and enamel gourd shaped flask with hinged lid. All set in a fitted case of gilt tooled morocco, lined in beige velvet.

In excellent overall condition but the lid of the fitted case detached

Circa 1780

£19,500.00 Read more