Archive of Sold Items

An early 20^th Century English centre seconds lever in a silver open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless 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 centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands.  Substantial plain silver open face case, maker’s mark “TPH” in a rectangle, gilt winding button and silver slide in the band to stop the watch.

A small early 20^th Century German lever in a 12 carat gold half hunter case. Gilt split three quarter plate keyless 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 Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.   Small plain 12 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  Small green velvet lined presentation box.

An early 20th Century Swiss minute repeating lever chronograph in a silver open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless lever movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetalic balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with flyback centre seconds. Red Arabic numerals, around the edge for “Miles per hour from 1/4 mile distances”. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain silver open face case with silver bow, gilt winding button and chronograph push piece. 

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a nickle open face case.  Gilt split  three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  The movement hinging out of the single body nickel open face case with screw on bezel, Omega maker’s mark.

An early 20^th Century lever 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.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter  hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, plain gold cuvette.

An early 20^th Century Swiss lever in a Dennison silver open face case.  Gilt 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.  White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Engine turned silver open face case, vacant shield shaped cartouche in the centre of the back, ribbed middle.  Silver cuvette, maker's mark “ALD” in a rectangle and marked “Dennison Watch Case Co.  –  2oz.

An early 20^th Century German lever in a silver half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless 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, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain silver half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, plain silver cuvette.

A 20^th Century Swiss centre seconds lever fitted in a nickle open face case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  White enamel dial marked with a cockerel and “Chronograph Watch”, centre seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Fitted in a contemporary plain nickle open face case.

An early 20^th Century American lever in a gilt open face case.  Nickelled 17 jewel split three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel micrometer regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, Club foot lever escapement.  Signed silvered dial with engraved centre, subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Gold filled open face case, engraved bezels, art deco pendant and bow.  Plain hinged back marked inside “Cased and Timed by Elgin National Watch Co. – Keystone Watch Case – J Boss – 14K Gold Filled”.

A 20^th Century Swiss lever in a 9 carat gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with overcoil hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.  Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands.  Plain 9 carat gold half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring.  plain gold cuvette, maker’s mark “JWB Ld” in a rectangle.

A late 18^th Century verge with polychrome enamel dial in silver repousse pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved bridge cock, pierced and engraved plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial, the centre with Roman and Arabic numerals  around which is a scene depicting a couple fishing beside a cottage, gilt hands.  Plain silver inner case engraved with initials and dated 1790, maker's mark “WB” in a rectangle.   Silver outer case with a classical scene in chased and engraved repousse work.

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in gilt pair cases with a polychrome enamel portrait.  Small full plate fire gilt movement with pentagonal baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved masked cock, garnet endstone,  pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates.  Plain three arm gilt balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  Signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Plain gilt inner case marked “Leton”.  Gilt outer case, the back set with an oval polychrome enamel portrait within a paste set white metal mask over a blue enamelled ground.

A late 18^th Century English verge in gilt metal and underpainted horn pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt fusee movement.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring.  White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Gilt metal pair cases, plain inner case , maker's mark “RN”.  Gilt metal outer case underpainted with ferns and decorated with gilt pique pins.

A late 18^th Century Swiss verge in a gilt and enamel consular case.  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 blue steel indicator.  Round pillars.  Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Gilt consular case with paste set front bezel.  Fully restored polychrome enamel scene of the back of a mother and child.  Marked “Leton” and the number corresponding to that on the movement.  

An early 19^th Century gold and enamel watch set with split pearls.  Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement.  Harrison's maintaining power.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement converted from verge.  Winding through the engine turned gold dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Fine gold consular case, the bezels each set with a row of split pearls.  Translucent green enamel over decorative engine turning.

A mid 19th  Century Swiss lever in a silver case in the form of a skull with matching silver chain.  Small nickelled bar movement with going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel regulator.  Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring.  Club foot lever escapement.   Wound through the engraved silver dial, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.  Cast silver case in the form of a skull.  The top of the skull hinges at the back to reveal the dial.  Silver curb link chain with cast links in the form of bone and a hand attached together with various keys, one in the form of a flintlock pistol.

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating automaton in a gold open face case.  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.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs.   Dark blue enamel dial, small signed white central chapter with Arabic numerals, gilt hands.  Either side of the chapter are chased and engraved gilt classical figures, at the base a hunting dog.  As the watch strikes the hours and quarters the arms of the figures move as though striking the bells between them.  Engine turned gold open face case, engine turned middle, gold push pendant and bow, sprung gilt cuvette with aperture for winding.

A rare early 18^th Century English quarter repeating verge with automated champleve dial.  Deep full plate fire gilt movement with turned baluster 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 steel balance, silver regulator disc.  Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case.  Two polished steel hammers, engraved edge to the repeating resting barrel and deep edge to the dial plate.  Silver champleve dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, blue steel beetle and poker hands.  In the centre a pierced gilt representation of a bell over a blue steel ground.  Either side of the bell are the engraved heads of dragons which appear to strike it when the watch is repeated.  Silver inner case, pierced and engraved foliate scenes containing dragons and birds.  Silver repousse outer case chased and engraved with a scene of Pomona, the Roman goddess of  fruitful abundance.  Pierced and engraved sections at the quarters separated by cartouches containing a dragon,  fish bird of prey and a squirrel.

A fine large Chinese market. 18th Century English quarter striking clockwatch with centre seconds in paste set gilt metal pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with signed and numbered gilt dust cover.  Pierced and engraved masked cock set with a large cabochon garnet endstone, silver regulator disc.  Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Fusee and chain.  Large resting barrel for the petite sonnerie quarter strike, two polished steel hammers striking a bell in the case.  White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman and Arabic numerals, fine gilt beetle and poker hands.  Large pierced and engraved inner case with gilt pendant and bow.  Two steel levers, one for strike / silent, the other to stop the watch.  Pierced and engraved gilt metal outer case, the front bezel set with a row of red and clear paste stones.

A 19th  Century English minute repeating lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved 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. 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, two flysprings to the front cover.  Recessed slide in the band, maker's mark “PW” in an oval.  Faux tortoiseshell morocco covered presentation box lined with purple velvet.

A fine late 19^th Century English minute repeating freesprung lever with minute recording flyback chronograph in a heavy gold half hunter case.  Gilt half plate keyless movement, going barrel under a raised section in the plate.  Plain cock with diamond endstone, freesprung  compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones.  English table roller lever escapement.  Slide minute repeating on two polished steel gongs. Flyback minute recording chronograph work situated under the dial.  Signed and numbered white enamel dial with flyback centre seconds, subsidiaries for minute recording and continuous seconds.  Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hands, gold half hunter hands.  Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, two flysprings to the front cover.   Recessed gold slide for the minute repeat in the band at twelve.  Round gold button for the chronograph at six, disabled when the front cover is closed.  Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark “PW” in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.  Tan presentation box lined with purple velvet signed for the makers of the watch,  “Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company – 112 Regent Street”.