Name: Gold Freesprung Half Hunter by Frodsham
SKU: A10305
Price: 3650.00 GBP
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Gold and Enamel Pocket Watch with Rare Ballooning Scene

A small French verge in a gold and enamel consular case with rare ballooning scene. 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. Round pillars. Winding through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Small 18 carat gold consular case with a polychrome enamel scene on the back of a balloon over an Alpine lake.

A rare subject decorating a watch case. The first manned balloon flight took place in Paris, 1783

Circa 1790

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Gold Pair Case by Windmills

An 18^th Century verge by Windmills in gold pair case set with a cornelian. Deep full plate fire gilt movement with Egyptian pillars. Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Pierced and engraved winged cock with mask, pierced and engraved foot. Plain gilt balance, silver regulator disc. Fine white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands. Plain gold inner case, gold pendant and stirrup bow, number corresponding to that on the movement. Gold outer case, the back set with a cabochon cornelian stone.

In excellent overall condition. Close inspection shows that the dial is that originally fitted rather than a replacement for a champleve one. It is a fine early example. Thomas Windmills, son of Joseph. Apprenticed 1686, free of the clockmakers Company 1695 and Master 1719 – 32

Hallmarked London 1730

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Gold Keyless Fusee by Kullberg

A late 19^th Century English keyless reverse fusee freesprung lever with power reserve by Victor Kullberg 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 with quarter timing nuts, freesprung blue steel overcoil hairspring. English double roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling, including the fusee, the escape wheel and lever under a bridge, their pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover. Winding and set apertures to the plain gold cuvette. Maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.

The Army and Navy stores retailed watches from their store in Westminster predominantly sourcing them from high quality English watchmakers of the period. This example was supplied by Victor Kullberg, recorded in their workbooks as being suppled on May 18th 1882. In excellent overall condition

Hallmarked London 1881

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A10305

Gold Freesprung Half Hunter by Frodsham

£3,650.00

Description

A10305

Gold Freesprung Half Hunter by Frodsham

£3,650.00

Description

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