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Hunting Cased Watches

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Silver Loehr Perpetual Pocket Watch

A late 19^th Century Swiss pedometer wind lever in a silver full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate movement with going barrel wound by an oscillating weight. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Automatic winding work set above the plate carries a weight set at the side which oscillates as the wearer walks, safety mechanism to avoid over-winding. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned silver full hunter case, the flyspring for the font cover lacking. Signed and numbered silver cuvette, aperture to allow the watch to be wound by key if desired and central thumbwheel for hand set.

August von Loehr of Vienna took out patents for the safety mechanism in Britain and USA in 1878 and 1879. See Pocket Watches by Reinhard Mieis page 125 for a similar watch and page 41 for details of the mechanism

Circa 1880

£1,450.00 Add to cart
Large Swiss Gold Full Hunter

A fine large late 19^th Century Swiss lever in an engine turned full hunter case. High quality keyless damascened nickelled bar movement with going barrel, wolf’s teeth winding wheels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator its long index on the curved section of the centre bridge. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Straight line lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones in gold settings. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, fine blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial engine turned 18 carat gold full hunter case. Small hand set lever under the front cover released when the front cover is closed. Signed gold cuvette, number corresponding to that on the movement.

Circa 1880

£4,500.00 Add to cart
Gold and Enamel Pendant Watch

A late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a stone set gold and enamel full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, frosted steel wolfs teeth winding work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Gold full hunter case with engraved middle and trefoil bow. The front lid covered in black enamel with a border of small split pearls and garnets. Within this a band of floral decoration set with diamonds and a raised dome in the centre also set with diamonds. The back cover similarly decorated but the centre flat and decorated with garnets and diamonds. Plain gold cuvette.

Circa 1880

£2,600.00 Read more
Three Colour Gold American Hunter

A late 19^th Century American lever in a decorative three colour gold full hunter case. Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Decorative 18 carat full hunter case both lids in a shell design with applied three colour gold decoration. Small vacant oval cartouche at the base of the front cover, plain gold cuvette.

An attractive decorative case in excellent condition.

Circa 1880

£2,300.00 Add to cart
Decorative Gold American Full Hunter

A late 19^th Century American lever in a decoratively engraved gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Decorative engine turned and engraved 14 carat full hunter case. the back centred with floral decoration, the front with a monogrammed shield shaped cartouche.

Circa 1885

£1,550.00 Add to cart
Heavy Gold Keyless Fusee with up/down Dial

A late 19th Century English keyless fusee freesprung lever with power reserve in a gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case (144g) with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover. Monogram engraved on the back of a dragons head in an oval surmounted by a five pointed crown. Plain gold cuvette. Maker’s mark “AS” in an rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked 1888

£5,250.00 Read more
Freesprung Gold Half Hunter

A late 19^th Century Freesprung English lever in a gold half hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with diamond endstone, freesprung compensation balance with blue steel double overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Plain gold cuvette, maker’s mark “GHB” in a rectangle.

Hallmarked London 1886

£4,900.00 Add to cart
Rare Gold Cabriolet Watch

A late 19^th Century lever in a rare reversible cabriolet gold hunter pair case. Damascened nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Signed white enamel dial, subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Rare 18 carat gold cabriolet case which can be used either as a full hunter or as an open face. The inner gold case with engine turned and florally engraved back and engine turned middle, gold cuvette. 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 couple in a garden, Alternatively with the back of the inner visible the watch becomes a full hunter, the winding crown serving to open the sprung front cover.

Circa 1890

£3,250.00 Add to cart
Gold Half Hunter by Barraud

A late 19^th Century English lever by Barraud and Lunds in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Gold cuvette, maker’s mark “JW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Hallmarked London 1897

£3,900.00 Add to cart
Gold Full Hunter

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in a full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Plain 14 carat full hunter case, gold cuvette engraved with details of the movement, maker’s mark “Recte”.

Circa 1900

£2,400.00 Add to cart
Gold Full Hunter

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever in an unusual gold full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gilt hands. Plain 14 carat full hunter case, the middle of unusual faceted construction, gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1900

£1,800.00 Add to cart
Large Musical Silver Hunter

A late 19^th Century Swiss musical watch in a large silver full hunter case. Keyless nickelled musical movement with very large going barrel playing at will or on the hour. Nickelled pinned barrel with polished steel comb of 30 graduated tignes. Under this a circular gilt keyless cylinder watch movement offset towards the pendant. Puce enamel dial decorate with musical instruments, offset white chapter with Roman numerals, gilt hands. Substantial large silver full hunter case, glazed clip on cuvette to reveal the mechanism, lateral silver slide in the band to play the music. Both the musical and watch movements are wound by the crown. When the pin above the crown is depressed the watch is wound, when not, the music is wound.

Circa 1900

£6,500.00 Add to cart