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Slim Swiss Platinum Dress Watch
A very slim early 20th Century Swiss lever platinum dress watch. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Escape pivots with endstones. Metal dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Arabic numerals, gilt fleur-dis-lis hands. Very slim plain open face case with clip on back and bezel.
Circa 1920£4,000.00 Add to cart -
Gold and Enamel Oval Pendant Watch and Chain
An early 20th Century French lever pearl and diamond set gold and enamel pendant watch with matching chain. Circular keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Small circular signed silvered dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gold oval case enamelled on both sides with translucent blue enamel over a decorative engine turned ground. The middle of the case set with a border of pearls, the winding button at six a pearl. The watch suspended from a pierced white metal bow set with small diamonds. Necklace formed from fine chains of white metal and navette shaped narrow gold and enamel links matching the watch.
Circa 1920£3,600.00 Add to cart -
Freesprung English Minute Repeating Hunter
A fine 20th Century freesprung English minute repeater in substantial gold full hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement, raised section of the plate for the going barrel. Plain cock with diamond endstone. Compensation balance, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat full hunter case, recessed gold slide, gold bow and double flysprings to the front cover. Maker’s mark “PW” in an oval. Recent blue morocco covered presentation case.
Hallmarked London 1924£11,500.00 Add to cart -
Gold Chain and Gilt Key
A slender 20th Century 9 carat art deco rose gold chain of alternating circular and long flattened oval links. At one end a 14 carat spring clip, at the other sprung jump ring with small mid Victorian decorative watch key.
Circa 1925£300.00 Add to cart -
Rare Minute Repeating Enamelled Art Deco Clock
A rare 20th Century Swiss minute repeating clock in a silver gilt and enamel art deco hump back case. Nickelled rectangular eight day keywind movement with going barrel. Nickelled platform, club foot lever escapement. Plain cock with polished steel angled regulator, index on the back of the movement. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Push button minute repeating on two polished steel gongs, polished steel hammers visible above the plate. Arched bone dial painted with a rural scene, a Chinese lightweight sedan chair in the foreground. Arabic numerals, diamond set gilt hands. Rare geometric Art Deco silver gilt case decorated in blue, green and black enamel. Hump back top with agate push button for the minute repeat. Hinged signed silver back, gilt interior. Green malachite base. Original tooled tan leather travelling case, two hinged doors. Lined in cream silk the arched recess with a compartment for the key behind a folding partition.
Circa 1925£9,500.00 Add to cart -
Gold Swiss Dress Watch
An early 20th Century Swiss lever 18 carat gold dress watch. Damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Engine turned silver dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat open face case, single back with vacant rectangular cartouche.
Hallmarked London 1926£1,400.00 Add to cart -
Silver Triangular Masonic Watch
A Swiss lever Masonic watch with mother of pearl dial in a triangular silver case. Circular keyless 15 jewel nickelled bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Triangular mother of pearl dial with polychrome Masonic symbols in place of the numerals and “Love your fellow man – Lend him a helping hand” below the centre. Pierced blue steel hands in the form of Masonic symbols. Silver triangular case with decoration of a chain around the clip on bezel, blue cabochon set winding crown, triangular bow. Clip on back chased and engraved with a temple and many other Masonic symbols. Inside the back marked “USA patent 66542” and the maker’s mark “GA”.
Hallmarked [London import] 1929£1,600.00 Add to cart -
American 60 Hour Bunn Special
An early 20th Century American lever of sixty hour duration in a rolled gold open faced case. High quality 21 jewel damascened nickel split three quarter plate movement. Compensation balance with overcoil blue steel hairspring, micrometer regulator. Gold set screw in jewelling, endstones to escape wheel and lever. Gold train wheels, polished and snailed steel winding work. Club foot double roller lever escapement. Signed three piece white enamel dial with bold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, blue steel hands. Plain open face 10 carat gold filled case with decorated screw on back and bezel. Marked inside the back cover “Bunn Special – Model 29 – Wadsworth Quality – 10 Karat gold filled”.
Circa 1929£860.00 Add to cart -
Rare Zenith Deck Watch with Decimal Dial
A mid 20th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch with rare decimal dial in a stainless steel case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless going barrel movement with centre seconds transfer work above. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Unusual white centre seconds dial. The longest blue steel hand rotates once a minute indicating on the outer ring marked in bold black Arabic numerals 1 – 10, the chapter divided into one hundred divisions. Within this the minutes marked in red to 60 and a smaller chapter for the hours marked to twelve in black. Blue steel hands for the seconds and hours, a red hand for the minutes. Plain stainless steel open face case with screw back and bezel, marked “Staybrite – Swiss Made” and the Zenith logo below. The back marked with the broad Ministry arrow, stores and serial numbers. “H.S.3” has been struck through with two lines.
Circa 1940£2,200.00 Add to cart -
Silver Deck Watch by Ulysse Nardin
A mid 20th Century Swiss centre seconds lever deck watch by Ulysse Nardin in a mahogany deck box. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, the centre seconds transfer wheel above. Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Heavy compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Signed and numbered white enamel dial, centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Silver open face case, glassless bezel, plain screw back with serrated edge, Nardin’s makers mark. Mahogany deck box, circular disc on the lid engraved with the Ministry arrow and “C^W Nardin” and the serial number of the watch. Brass bowl with glazed screw bezel. Inside the top lid a paper slip from F Smith & Son, Southampton indicating the watch was cleaned in May 1972.
Circa 1940£1,400.00 Add to cart -
Large Hamilton Two Day Deck Watch
A mid 20th Century American 56 hour lever Model 22 deck watch with power reserve indication in a mahogany deck 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. Keystone base metal open face case, clip on cuvette, screw bezel and back marked “Bureau of Ships – US Navy – N1535-1941 – Chronometer Watch”. Two piece mahogany deck box lined with green baize, glazed circular aperture to reveal the dial. Plate detailing instructions on how to use the watch and set the hands. Baize lined mahogany keep box secured by a latch and leather strap, side wings to the base to allow it to be secured by two screws.
Circa 1941£1,250.00 Add to cart -
Hamilton Model 22 Marine Chronometer
A mid 20th 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