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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
Unusual Night Light Watch Holder

An unusual late 19^th Century German watch holder and night light in the form of a gas lamp post. Cast square base and body. The square lamp at the top of the post with clear glass candle holder. The cast hipped roof pierced to allow a small candle to burn inside. Small wire hook just below the lamp to hang the watch. (Watch not included)

A most interesting and unusual piece. It is doubtful that the candle would have lasted the whole night. As a modern replacement a small LED could probably be used in its place

Circa 1900

£450.00 Add to cart
Swiss Ally Sloper Prize Watch

A late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder open face character prize watch. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain nickle open face case, the back engraved with the cartoon character Ally Sloper above ” A. Sloper. F.O.M.” (Friend of Man). The cuvette engraved “ally Sloper's Half Holiday.

These watches were given as prizes by the British comics magazine, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. Published weekly from 1884 to 1916 by “The Sloperies”, 99 Shoe Lane, London.

Circa 1900

£450.00 Add to cart
Diamond Set Gold Half Hunter Pendant Watch

A late 19^th Century French cylinder in a diamond set gold half hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel, steel wolf’s 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. white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Small gold half hunter case, the back set with a floral pattern of diamonds. Front cover with circular aperture and blue enamel chapter ring, signed cuvette. Heavy gold fob

Circa 1900

£1,500.00 Add to cart
Gold Watch Chain

A late 19^th Century 9 carat rose gold open curb link watch chain. “T” bar on one end of the chain and spring clip on the other. All links marked.

Circa 1900

£900.00 Add to cart
Ladies Gold and Enamel Pendant Watch

A small late 19^th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel full hunter case. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt minute markings, pierced gilt hands. Small 14 carat gold and enamel case. The front cover with an hour glass shaped panel set with diamonds dividing a lakeside scene with forget-me-nots and bluebirds. On the back cover a small heart shaped panel with a similar lakeside scene. Gold cuvette and engraved dedication from "Col Nicolau" inside the front cover.

Circa 1900

£1,500.00 Add to cart
Diamond Set Enamel Ball Watch and Brooch

A fine late 19^th Century Swiss lever enamelled ball watch set with diamonds and matching brooch. Unusual keyless gilt movement constructed with the train wheels above the going barrel. Plain sector cock with polished steel regulator. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Small white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals, the 12 o’clock marking in red, gilt minute markings and hands. The case is constructed in three parts, the gold middle with a row of diamonds The two gold hemispheres of dark blue enamel set with small diamonds in stars. The watch is wound and set by turning the top hemisphere of the case in relation to the lower hemisphere. Matching diamond set gold and enamel brooch.

Circa 1900

£2,900.00 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
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
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
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