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Repeating and Musical Watches

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Quarter Repeating Gold Full Hunter

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a gold full hunter case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Engine turned gold dial, black enamel Roman numerals and minute markings, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat rose gold full hunter case, engine turned middle. Gold push pendant and two small rectangular buttons to open the covers. Wound and set through the signed cuvette which also details features of the movement.

Circa 1830

£4,300.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating French Cylinder Pocket Watch

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder with silver engine turned dial in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle and bezels. Gold repeating push in the pendant which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

An attractive small watch in the style of Breguet in excellent overall condition

Circa 1830

£3,500.00 Add to cart
Gold Musical Seal with Erotic Automaton

An early 19^th Century Swiss gold musical seal containing an automated erotic scene. Oval musical movement. Situated above the movement a polychrome scene of a couple who spring to life when the music plays. Centrally wound by the top ring through the free-standing superstructure of gold representations of serpents. Decorated oval band, hinged seal which conceals the scene left plain. Lateral slide to control musical train.

Circa 1830

£11,750.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder Pocket Watch

A 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with and Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat drum shaped open face case, the back with a vacant oval cartouche close to the edge, engine turned middle. Gold push pendant for the repeat with locking slide in the band. Wound and set through the signed gilt cuvette.

Circa 1835

£2,750.00 Add to cart
Rare Pearl Encrusted Gold Repeater

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a rare pearl encrusted gold open face case. Skeletonised three quarter plate gilt keywind movement, suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, gold hands. Fine gold open face case the bezels set with a row of large split pearls. The back encrusted with graduated split pearls in a geometric pattern. The background of the design filled with many hundreds of tiny split pearls entirely covering the back. Trefoil bow, wound and set through the gold cuvette. Pearl set key and short gold chain.

Circa 1840

£29,000.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Swiss Calendar

A late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever with chronograph and moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case. Damascened nickelled split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Polished steel flyback chronograph work above the plates. Push quarter repeating on two steel gongs, visible regulator to the repeating train. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph. Subsidiaries for date and seconds combined with the moonphase below. Rectangular apertures for day and month in Russian either side of the centre, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gilt hands. Very substantial engine turned 14 carat gold full hunter case, small monogram in the centre of the front cover. Large push button for the minute repeat and a smaller one for the chronograph in the band.

Circa 1880

£6,000.00 Add to cart
Gold Five Minute Repeater by LeCoultre

A late 19^th Century five minute repeating lever by LeCoultre in a gold full hunter case. High quality keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, frosted steel wolf’s teeth winding wheels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Fully jewelled trains, the repeating train including the hammers. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat gold full hunter case, gold repeating slide in the band, plain gold cuvette.

Circa 1890

£4,700.00 Add to cart
Gold Minute Repeating Hunter by Frodsham

A late 19^th Century English minute repeater by Frodsham in a gold full hunter case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed and numbered off white enamel dial manufactured by Willis. Subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat full hunter case, gold cuvette and recessed gold slide. Maker’s mark “HMF” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement. Accompanied by a certificate from Charles Frodsham & Co.

Hallmarked London 1895

£11,000.00 Add to cart
Unusual Moonphase Minute Repeating Gold Hunter

A large late 19^th Century Swiss patent minute repeating chronograph with moonphase calendar in a gold full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement, the single going barrel driving both the repeat and going trains. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Minute repeating mechanism released by depressing the small button in the band, striking on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds chronograph. Subsidiaries for day, date, month and seconds. Gold and blue enamel moonphase disc visible through the aperture in the seconds subsidiary. Roman numerals, decorative pierced gold hands. Substantial large plain 18 carat full hunter case, two gold buttons in the band, one for the flyback centre seconds chronograph, the other to release the minute repeating. Four steel levers in the front bezel to allow the calendar functions to be set.

Circa 1900

£9,500.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Lever

A late 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating lever in a gold open face case. Keyless nickelled bar movement with going barrel, wolf’s teeth winding work. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape pivots with endstones. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, signed gold cuvette, gold repeat slide in the band.

Circa 1900

£2,300.00 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
Unusual Striking Automaton Desk Clock

An unusual 20^th Century Swiss eight day striking desk clock with automated figures. Nickelled circular keywind movement with two large going barrels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Hour and half hour striking on a steel gong. White enamel ring dial with Arabic numerals on a silver engine turned plate, elaborate blue steel hands. In the centre chased and engraved automaton figures either side and below a cupid all appear to strike bells as the clock chimes. Substantial large square silvered case with a cast hinged easel stand. Circular housing with small glazed aperture to reveal the balance.

Circa 1920

£2,500.00 Add to cart