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Pocket Watch Collection — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:216
Sale Title:Pocket Watch CollectionLots with images:216
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:140
Date:17-Apr-2023
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George III silver Benjamin Barber triple cased pocket watch, made for the Turkish market. 64 mm tortoiseshell and silver plate outer case with studded detail, silver inner cases hallmarked London 1792 by James Richards, (specialist case maker). Signed white enamel Ottoman dial. Signed fusee verge movement. Held in three cases this is a typical example of the so-called 'onion watches' The name, originally used in France (montres oignons) coming from the protective, layered cases and their relative…
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Substantial Victorian silver cased open face pocket watch, the keywind movement of earlier period by Barwise, London, number 7107 53 mm case hallmarked 1898 by Richard James Oliver, case maker, Clerkenwell, London, numbered the same as the movement. Engine-turned back with vacant shield cartouche framed by engraved garter. Case band with milled pattern. White enamel Roman dial with rail track minutes, subsidiary seconds at VI, gold hands. Signed 'Barwise, London, 7107'. Regency period fusee movement with…
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A Vacheron & Constantin, 18ct gold ultra-thin open face dress pocket watch, 43 mm cased, fine lever movement with micrometer, numbered 416593, c.1931. Champagne dial with Arabic numerals at quarters, baton indices for other hours, railtrack minutes, subs seconds dial at 6. 47.5gm.
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Late 19th century Swiss .935 silver open face chronometer pocket watch, stem wind movement with lever escapement, marked 'The Ascot', dust cover presentation engraved. Back cover monogrammed. 53 mm dia. White enamel dial with centre seconds, subs calendar and seconds dials. Crack at I.
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George III silver consular cased pocket watch, by Jas. McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, number 10451 51 mm case, hallmarked London 1811, by John Dyer. Fusee movement with duplex escapement, signed and numbered to the gilded dust cover, back plate and dial. Bullseye glass, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute indices, subs seconds at VI, gold hands. Edge hairline at V - VI. James McCabe originally from Ireland relocated to London in the late 18th century He was well known for his fine watches and clocks…
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Early 19th century silver consular cased pocket watch, by M.G. Ghiesbreght a Bruxelles, signed fusee verge movement, signed white dial with central calendar chapter. 56 mm dia. With key.
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Late 19th century nickel cased pictorial dial pocket watch by the Waltham Watch Co, Mass, USA, P. S. Barlett grade,17 jewel, keyless wind movement with lever escapement. 55 mm. The dial marked Le Roy, printed pictorial of woman and girl on a terrace, in the manner of Mayfield Parrish. Roman hours in cartouches. Blued steel hands.
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Edwardian 18ct gold open face pocket watch, by Batty & Sons, Manchester 51 mm case hallmarked London 1908. High quality stem wind ½ plate movement with lever escapement. A London watch produced for the retailer. Jewelled to the centre, marked Wm Batty & Sons Ltd., Manchester & Liverpool, Makers to the Admiralty. Numbered 38161. Signed cream enamel dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, sunk subs seconds dial at VI. 117gm
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French silver consular cased pocket watch signed Liomin in Hambourg, with German verge movement. Early 19th century. White enamel face with hand painted portrait of a woman in oval panel above an Arabic numeral dial. Front key wind between 2-3. Signed face and back plate. 52 mm case, back engraved with vacant shield cartouche.
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Gilt brass pair case pocket watch, by Christopher Laybourne, Driffield, number 6557, c.1800 52 mm dia. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, (edge fault at 5), original matched gold hands. Signed fusee verge movement.
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Underpainted horn pair case verge pocket watch, c.1780 gilt inner case and movement signed E. Parkinson, London, numbered 15334. White enamel face with Roman numerals, Arabic minute quarters. Stem repair and crack to horn panel at back. Decorated with a vase of flowers and border of leafy fronds. Diameter 48 mm
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Gilded brass consular cased pocket watch by Peter Upjohn, London, c.1800, 49 mm case with machine engraved back. Signed fusee movement with verge escapement. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals.
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Victorian silver pair case half-hunter pocket watch, by Skarratt, Kington, numbered 26374, 56 mm case, hallmarked London 1848. Fusee verge movement signed and numbered. Half hunter hinged front cover with window showing white enamel dial centre chapter with Roman numerals and railtrack minutes, framed by conforming outer chapter.
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A large consular tortoiseshell cased pocket watch by Pierre-Nicolas Faizan a Geneve, (b.1768) 68 mm case, constructed to look like an English triple case, for the Turkish market watch. Fusee verge movement, signed and numbered 6816. Signed white enamel dial with central calendar indicator, Arabic numerals and railtrack minutes. Silvered brass case with tortoiseshell veneer with decorative studs. Provenance: With Cordy's July '07.
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18ct gold French open face quarter repeater pocket watch, 55 mm case (some distress), early 19th century, gold dial Roman numerals, verge escapement. 122gm.
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14ct gold Swiss open face quarter repeater pocket watch, signed 'Dunand' 52 mm plain case, signed and numbered 14ct gold internal dust cover, signed keyless wind movement with lever escapement. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subs seconds at 6. 88gm.
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18th century silver pair case pocket watch, the dial with polychrome painted rustic scene to the centre. 47 mm case, hallmarked 1797, verge movement, signed Tolra, London, numbered 4115.
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An Edwardian 18ct gold hunter pocket watch by S. Smith London 50 mm case with engraved front cover, hallmarked London 1905, 18ct gold internal dust cover. White enamel dial signed 'S. Smith, 9 Strand, London' and numbered 87A120. Good fully jewelled ¾ plate movement with lever escapement, marked 'S. Smith & Son, Watchmakers to the Admiralty, 9 Strand, London', matched number to dial. 123gm
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18ct gold open face pocket watch, by James McCabe, London 51 mm case, hallmarked 1824, fusee lever movement signed Jas McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, numbered 10561. White enamel dial (slight edge hairlines), Roman numerals, minute indices, numbered, gold spade hands, matched numbers to case. 105gm James McCabe was apprenticed to Reid and Auld, Edinburgh and became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1822. He continued his father's business in The Royal Exchange, London and established strong trading…
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Early 19th century French silver consular cased verge pocket watch by Les Freres Esquivillon & De Choudens 51 mm French Minerva (1838-) hallmarked case with wiggle work decoration to flange/bezel. Gilded full plate verge fusee movement signed Ls. Fs. Esquivillon & De Choudens, numbered 69654. Esquivillon Freres et De Choudens (active Paris c.1775-1830). White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, minute indices, edge chips and repaired chip to front winding hole.
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Early 19th century French silver open face pocket watch, by Lepine a Paris 46 mm cased verge fusee movement, signed to dial and movement. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, minute indices, gilt Breguet hands. With key.
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A Swiss .800 silver cased dual time zone pocket watch, for the Turkish market 53 mm case, white enamel face with two small 12-hour dials, one with Roman numerals, the other Ottoman along with a subs seconds dial. Arabic printed marks to dial, engraved script to the movement and internal back cover. Key wind. c.1840.
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Armorial crested, 18ct gold, open face, transitional movement, pocket watch by Daniels Liverpool, number 6442 50 mm case hallmarked Chester 1841 by Christopher Jones, goldsmith, silversmith & watchcase maker, Highfield Street, Liverpool, engraved with coat-of-arms to the back (1), chased and engraved floral band. Off white enamel dial, signed and numbered, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, Arabic numerals at five-minute intervals, subsidiary seconds dial at VI Most unusual keywind, transitional ¾ plate…
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18ct gold half hunter pocket watch, signed Barraud and Lunds, London, number 3/4966 49 mm case hallmarked London 1909, back cover monogrammed, internal 18ct gold dust cover with presentation inscription. Well finished movement, lever escapement, signed 'Barraud & Lunds, 12 Bishopsgate Within'. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, subs seconds at VI. 117gm
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9ct gold open face pocket watch in Borgel's Patent screw case with Stauffer & Co 'Peerless' movement 51 mm case stamped with Borgel mark and key cipher, English import assay for 1909. The screw in Swiss lever escapement movement marked S&Co, numbered 459881. White dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, subs seconds dial. 91.5gm
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19th century Continental silver consular cased pocket watch with exhibition back, for the Chinese market. 46 mm unmarked plain case, back opening to reveal a glazed exhibition window displaying engraved and gilded movement with crab tooth duplex escapement. Bullseye glass, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute indices, gold hands, centre seconds.
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18ct gold hunter cased split seconds chronograph pocket watch, by Baume (Longines) 52 mm case and gold dust cover with English import assay marks for 1907, maker's mark B&Co. Dust cover with Gisborne Racing Club presentation inscription, monogram to front cover. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, minutes track, subsidiary seconds and thirty minutes dials, blued steel hands, fine blued steel and gold sweep seconds hands activated by two case rim pushers. 123gm
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19th century silver pair case pocket watch by John Wightwick, London, converted from verge with centre seconds added, Matched cases hallmarked Birmingham 1841by Rotherham & Son, Spon Street, Coventry. Gilded full plate, fusee/chain, lever escapement converted from verge, signed and numbered 2268. Bullseye glass, white enamel dial Roman numerals, minute indices with seconds divisions, gold beetle and poker hands and blued steel centre seconds. Hairline II to VIII.
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18ct gold half hunter pocket watch by the prominent maker Usher & Cole, London, number 28446, 48 mm plain case hallmarked London 1895 by Philip Woodman & Sons, Smith Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London. Covers and inner 18ct dust cover with numbers matching movement. Front cover with blue enamel Roman numerals and rail track minutes framing the window. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute indices, sunken subs seconds dial at VI. Faint hairlines at II and V. Small dents to case back. 3/4…
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18ct gold hunter cased pocket watch signed 'Baume, Longines', 51 mm case in fine condition, case, internal 18ct gold cover and the movement numbered 3254557. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, subs seconds. 18 jewels lever movement marked B&Co 19.70N. 121gm B&Co for Baume & Co., the London branch of Baume, a Swiss watch manufacturer and the importer of Longines watches to the UK. Otherwise unmarked Longines watches from the early 20th century often bear the mark 'B & Co.' for Baume & Co.…
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Fine Victorian 18ct gold hunter pocket watch with up/down dial, by Richard Peardon, London, 54 mm machine engraved case and 18ct gold dust cover, hallmarked London 1865, ¾ plate lever escapement movement signed R. Peardon, 27 Duncan Terrace, City Road, London. No.1541. White enamel face with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, 0/30 up/down power-reserve subs dial at XII and subs seconds at VI. 113gm.
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Continental silver consular cased open face pocket watch, c.1820, Verge fusee and chain movement. White enamel dial, chips around front winding hole, Arabic numerals and rail track minutes. Minute hand absent. 57 mm.
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Heavy 18ct gold half hunter pocket watch by Joseph White, Coventry, number 29747 50 mm plain case hallmarked London 1884 by Henry Gee & Miles Standley. both covers and inner 18ct gold dust cover stamped with numbers matching movement. Front cover with blue enamel Roman numerals and rail track minutes framing window. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, sunken subs seconds dial at VI, blued steel hands. ¾ plate movement with lever escapement, signed 'Joseph White, Earlsdon, Coventry, No…
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Early 19th century nickel cased open faced pocket watch marked 'Esquivilion & Dechoudan' 51 mm case, fusee verge movement, signed dial and movement, white enamel dial, small chip by winder, Arabic numerals and railtrack minutes, Breguet hands, calendar centre lacking pointer.
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Rare day/night wandering-hour dial pocket watch in silver pair case, by Thomas Gibson, Berwick-on-Tweed, number 895. Matched cases hallmarked Birmingham 1897 by Joseph Harris, case maker, The Butts, Coventry Verge fusee/chain movement engraved and pierced cock. Signed Thos Gibson, Berwick and numbered 895. Champleve dial with arched aperture to show an hours disc with images of the sun and moon. The sun and moon both have an arrow with which they indicate the time on the basis of a semicircle arcade of…
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Victorian lady's silver open face fob watch, by Dent, London, 30923, in original named Morocco box. 38 mm silver case hallmarked London 1891 with 18ct gold bow. Very fine fully jewelled ¾ plate movement, with lever escapement, compensation balance. Signed movement and dial 'Dent, 33 Cockspur Street, London', and numbered 30923. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and rail track minutes. Small edge chips
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18th century triple cased pocket watch, movement signed 'Wilders, London 310', outer 57 mm case of red tortoiseshell, inner silver case repousse with neo-classical figures and engraved florals, watch case hallmarked London 1785. Fusee verge movement with square baluster pillars. Polychrome enamel pictorial dial with landscape and maritime scene.
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Continental silver pair case pocket watch, marked 'Samson, London' but Continental movement 60 mm silver case, c.1800. Verge fusee movement. Polychrome enamel painted face with rural scene in kidney shaped reserve on white dial with Roman numerals.
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Swiss silver open face quarter repeater pocket watch with movement by Albert Lugin (pre-Lemania) 52 mm case with English import marks for 1909, machine engraved to the back with vacant cartouche. Movement with lever escapement, signed under the hammer A. Lugrin with Star and Anchor within a Swiss Federal Cross. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, raitrack minutes, subs seconds dial at VI. Signed 'Albion Repeater'
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A superb 18ct gold open face pocket watch by Bentley & Beck, Royal Exchange, London, number 612, the large 57 mm machine engraved case, hallmarked 1838. Three colour gold dial, with bird and acanthus scroll centre, matt chapter ring with raised Roman numerals within an outer border of chased and engraved scrolls and flowerheads. Subsidiary seconds dial at VI with radial guilloche pattern. Fine blued steel hands. The signed and numbered movement with duplex escapement with compensation balance (earlier…
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Victorian silver open face pocket watch by Jas. Muirhead, Glasgow, number 2031, 52 mm case hallmarked London 1869, by James Oliver, case maker, Clerkenwell, London. Signed and numbered, interesting transitional ¾ plate fusee lever movement with balance in recess in top plate. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds at VI, blued steel hands
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18ct gold, slim open face cased, dress pocket watch by Patek, Philippe & Co., number 806271, 49 mm plain case, marked Patek Philippe & Co. Switzerland. Matt silver dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subsidiary seconds dial at 6, signed 'Patek, Philippe & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland', blued steel hands. Signed and numbered movement with 18 jewels, 8 adjustments, lever escapement. Subtle Geneva striped finish to plates and bars. 53gm
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18ct gold hunter pocket watch, by J.W. Benson, London 52 mm case, hallmarked 1908, presentation engraved to back. Signed white enamel dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, subs seconds dial. Internal 18ct gold dust cover. Lever escapement movement, ¾ plate back inscribed 'The Field', Best London Make, By Warrant to H.M the Late Queen. J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London' and numbered 3517, with conforming numbers to case. In red cloth maker's presentation case. 120gm
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18ct gold open face drum case, verge pocket watch by Le Roy, Paris, number 10740, 53 mm case, engine-turned band, gold assay mark c.1809-19, indistinct to back cover, maker's mark HB over X. Gilt dust cover signed: No.10740, Le Roy, Hor'r. du Roi, a Paris. SF'. Gold radial engine-turned 'sunburst' dial with raised gold Roman numerals and minute indices, gold Breguet hands. 115gm. Associated walnut box.
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George III silver consular cased pocket watch, face signed G. Glare, London 57 mm case hallmarked London 1818. Fusee verge movement signed J. Bolton, London and numbered 1444. White enamel dial, rail tack minutes, subs seconds at VI.
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18ct gold open face pocket watch by Joseph Johnson, Liverpool, number 5197, the 53 mm chased and engraved case, Chester assay 18ct without date mark, case maker's mark TH/JH, c.1845. Three colour gold dial, with chased and engraved centre, matt chapter ring with raised Roman numerals within an outer border of scrolls and flowerheads. Subsidiary seconds dial at VI with wavy guilloche pattern. The signed and numbered movement with 'Liverpool Window' jewelling to entire train, lever escapement, uncut…
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coin silver cased open face Chronometre pocket watch. Late 19th century Swiss keyless movement with pivoted detent escapement, marked 'Chronometre'. Marked the same to the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals and minute indices, subs seconds dial at 6, ornate gilt hands. 57 mm.
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Swiss silver open face, quarter repeater pocket watch, retailed by Goldsmiths' Company, London 53 mm silver case, c.1900, dust cover marked 'Exam.d by Goldsmiths Company, 112 Regent St., London.: lever escapement, movement marked crowned S&Co for Stauffer & Co. Repeater action activated by band slide at II. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, very fine hairlines.
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Swiss 9ct open face, quarter repeater chronograph pocket watch, 51 mm plain case, hallmarked Chester 1927 by Robert John Pike, case manufacturer, Cromwell Street, Coventry. Unmarked movement with lever escapement, chronograph seconds pusher on band at XII and repeater slide at VI. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, chronograph 300 scale, subs seconds dial at VI. Blued steel hands. Faint hairline at II. 102gm
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18ct gold hunter pocket watch - Swiss split seconds chronograph 50 mm case hallmarked London 1885, with internal 18ct gold dust cover, monogrammed to back. Stem wind at III, pushers flanking XII. White enamel dial with Roman numerals railtrack minutes, seconds indices and Arabic five-minute intervals. Subs seconds at VI. Blued steel hands with two fine recoding centre seconds. Unnamed movement. Split seconds requires attention. 127gm
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Early Victorian silver open face English cylinder pocket watch, 49 mm machine engraved case, hallmarked London 1841 by Henry Deacon English cylinder movement with engraved backplate and pierced cock. Off white enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes. Fine Breguet hands.
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14ct white gold open face slim dress-style pocket watch, by Hamilton Watch Co, USA, c.1930, cal.922, 23 jewels, 5 adjustments, lever escapement movement, signed and numbered 3007858. The 45 mm case with 'bright cut' borders, champagne toned matt and radial machined dial with raised gold Arabic numerals and dot minute indices, subs seconds dial at 6, blued steel hands. 59gm
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Silver open face pocket watch, the movement signed 'French, top High Street, Bristol' and numbered 18242 54 mm case hallmarked London 1822. Fusee, lever escapement, 'Liverpool Window' jewelling and skeleton balance cock. White enamel dial, railtrack minutes, subs seconds.
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Rare French triple dial 'Courvoisier & Comp' nickel case pocket watch, verge fusee and chain drive movement silver engraved cockplate with end-stone. White enamel face with small Roman and Arabic dials, along with calendar dial with key. Provenance: The Sierd Bouma Estate Collection
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French early 19th century silver pocket watch, the case stamped DHD in a diamond with number 19338. Unsigned verge fusee movement with pentagonal baluster pillars. Pierced and gilt cockplate. Face wind c.1820. Enamel dial with raised Roman numerals. With key. Provenance: The Sierd Bouma Estate Collection 2015
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Large Victorian silver hunter pocket watch, by R. B. Stevenson, Liverpool 10291 60 mm engraved case, hallmarked London 1856, lever fusee movement, 'Liverpool Window' jewelling, compensation balance, signed and numbered 10291. White enamel dial marked 'Railway Time-Keeper', with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes sunken subs seconds. With key.
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Victorian 18ct gold hunter pocket watch, by Erhardt, London, numbered 27753 50 mm machine engraved case with vacant cartouche to front, hallmarked London 1872. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, subsidiary seconds dial; keywind fusee movement with lever escapement. 115gm.
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A Swiss silver cased hunter pocket watch, signed H. Hugenin, Locle Late 19th century 52 mm case. White enamel dial with red Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI
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18ct gold open face pocket watch by Daniel McKay, Glasgow, 49 mm case, hallmarked London 1862, gold engraved dial with raised Roman numerals, subs seconds dial. Fusee lever movement. 91.5gm
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George III silver hunter pocket watch by Wm. Phillips, Arundel, number 15026 57 mm case hallmarked London 1815, by William Brooks, case maker, Church Row, Old Street, London Verge fusee and chain drive, pierced and engraved cockplate, signed and numbered. 'Doctor's' dial with large overlapping seconds dial. Faint hairlines. Provenance: The Sierd Bouma Estate Collection
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Gunmetal cased, open face, centre seconds chronograph, Swiss lever movement, c.1900. 53 mm case. White enamel dial with 0-60 chronograph dial, subsidiary Roman hour dial with gold hands at 12:00; subs elapsed 30-minute dial at 6:00.
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18ct Gold slim dress style Pocket Watch, with movement by Patek Philippe & Co for Black, Starr & Frost, Gorham. Number 809036. 45 mm slim case marked 18K to back cover and inner dust cover, both with matched numbers to movement, c.1930s. Champagne dial with gold raised Arabic numerals, minute indices, signed 'Black Star & Frost, Gotham' and Patek Philippe & Co above a subsidiary seconds dial at 6. Near mint condition, beautifully finished 18 jewel movement. adjusted to eight positions, lever escapement.…
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WW1 silver open face deck watch by W. Matthews for the Royal Navy, 52 mm case hallmarked Chester 1910 by James McKnight, case maker, Norfolk Street, Coventry. Keyless movement and dial signed W. Matthews, 52 Holyhead Rd., Coventry, numbered 42686, and both also with 'broad arrow' War Department mark. Lever escapement. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI.
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World War II military, nickel cased, open face navigational chronograph pocket watch by Hamilton Watch Co. AN5742-1. High grade military timepiece with lever escapement chronograph movement, patent 37297. Black dial, Arabic numerals, rail track seconds and 300 chronograph scale, White painted hands and centre seconds, 30 minutes elapsed subs dial at 12:00 and running seconds at 6:00. 50 mm
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Swiss Turler small travel alarm clock with folding easel back. c.1960s. Suare 40 mm nickel case with circular black dial, Tritium lime hour indices and hands, centre seconds, date aperture at 3:00. Alarm, using a Memovox type watch movement.
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Shagreen pair cased pocket watch - by D.D. Neveren, London, c.1800, verge fusee with knopped square pillars, white enamel dial signed dial and movement, Roman numerals, Arabic minutes. Gilt brass and shagreen case with gilt studs (some absent).
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Victorian 18ct gold open face, duplex pocket watch by Baumgart, London, number 3258 49 mm engine-turned case hallmarked London 1848 by George Hammon. Movement and dial signed 'Baumgart, 6 Maddox St. Regent St. London and numbered 3258. Key wound jewelled movement, unusual ¾ plate calibre with going barrel, split compensated balance wheel, duplex escapement. White enamel Roman dial, rail track minutes, sunken subsidiary seconds dial at XII. Blued steel hands. 86gm
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18ct gold open face pocket watch signed to the dial 'Moulinie, Bautte & Cie', 54 mm dia. case. White enamel dial, Breguet hands, Arab numerals, outer rail track minutes. Verge movement. Case numbered 5796, marked MB&C within a diamond and with Swiss assay marks, internal gilt dust cover and plate back also signed. 115gm. The company only traded under the name of Moulinie, Bautte & Cie for four years from 1st October 1804. It was formed by the former child prodigy goldsmith Jean-Francois Bautte with…
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18ct gold half hunter, keyless, fusee pocket watch by Charles Frodsham & Co, number 02034. 50 mm dial engine-turned case hallmarked London 1861, maker's mark JWS. Front cover with blue enamel Roman numerals and rail track minutes framing the window. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, sunken subsidiary seconds dial at IX, signed 'Chas Frodsham & Co., 02034, AD.Fmsz'. Plate back signed Chas. Frodsham, 84 Strand, London. No.02034. AD.Fmsz (1). Free sprung, keyless fusee movement, lever…
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Unusual Victorian silver lady's open face pocket watch by Jenner & Knewstub, 40 mm case hallmarked London 1879. Most unusual keyless winding/hand setting. Winding via small folding handle inside rear cover, hand setting by pressing pendant button and turning a knurled wheel in the band of the case at V. Lever escapement. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI.
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Victorian 18ct gold lady's open face pocket watch, interestingly signed 'Arnold Frodsham, London', number 13049, 38 mm case, hallmarked London 1845 engine-turned back cover with shield cartouche with engraved crest: a stag's head erased, engraved chevron pattern band. Gilt dial with chevron pattern centre, Roman chapter ring and minute indices, blued steel hands. Keywind, fusee lever movement signed Arnold Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, 13049. 44gm Charles Frodsham bought the business of John Roger Arnold on…
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Victorian silver open face, dress style pocket watch by E. J Dent, London, number 7242, 49 mm case hallmarked London 1843, with matching numbers. Slimline ¾ plate fusee movement with lever escapement, signed, numbered and inscribed 'Watchmakers to the Queen'. Signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI. Gold Breguet hands. Faint hairlines and edge chip XII - III. Interior back cover engraved 'A Momento of a Lamented Brother'
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Edwardian silver open face pocket watch by T.J. Bryer & Sons, London, number 69498 50 mm, machine engraved case with vacant circular cartouche, hallmarked Chester 1902, by Errington Watch Company (Charles Huton Errington), Spon Street, Coventry. The 3/4 plate gilded movement with lever escapement, signed T.J. Bryer & Son, 63 Barbican, London, and numbered. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial t VI, signed and numbered.
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Good pair case pocket watch with Earnshaw's detent escapement, by Gray, Sackville Str.t, London, number 976. 57 mm outer case Birmingham 1836, inner London 1824. Full plate fusee, with freesprung balance, signed and numbered. Signed dust cover. White enamel dial signed Will.m Baird, London, Roman numerals, minute indices, subsidiary seconds dial at VI. Fine matching gold Regency style hands. Hairlines at edge. Gray is mentioned in Jane Austen's novel 'Sense and Sensibility' Mr. Gray, we find, was a real…
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18ct gold half hunter, keyless, quarter repeater, pocket watch by Charles Frodsham & Co, number 07799. 48 mm plain case hallmarked London 1888 by Harrison Mill Frodsham, case back cover with blue enamelled monogram HFW. Inner 18ct gold dust cover with presentation inscription 'H. F. Webster from H.F. 1889'. Front cover with blue enamel Roman numerals and rail track minutes framing the window. Off white enamel dial with Roman numerals, rail track minutes, sunken subsidiary seconds dial at VI, signed 'Chas…
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High calibre minute repeater, 18ct gold half hunter pocket watch by Dent, London, number 43065. 53 mm plain case hallmarked London 1886, maker's mark AS. Numbers to covers and inner 18ct gold dust cover match movement number. Back cover with blue enamel monogram 'ESD', front cover with blue enamel Roman numerals and rail track minutes framing window. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, sunken subsidiary seconds at VI, blued steel hands. Signed Dent (in triangle) 61 Strand & 4 Royal…
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William IV silver, open face, cylinder pocket watch by Jas McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, number 14772. 46 mm case, machine engraved, gold hinges, hallmarked London 1836 by James Dow, case maker, Clerkenwell, London. Unusual English calibre movement. Signed and numbered movement and face. Off white enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI. Hairline VI
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Rare 18ct gold hunter, quarter repeater pocket watch, with movement by Nicole & Capt for Hunt & Roskell, 47 mm case with decorative engraved borders, monogrammed to front cover EA, hallmarked London 1856 to covers and inner dust cover, makers mark AN. Dust cover with presentation inscription dated 1938. Quarter repeater with Adolphe Nicole's keyless winding and overbanking limiter on balance spring. Both features patented by Nicole. Duplex escapement. Plate back signed 'Hunt & Roskell, 156 New Bond St,…
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George III silver hunter pocket watch, by Barwise, London, number 3341, 54 mm machine engraved case with engraved crest and motto 'Foy Est Tout' (Fidelity is All), hallmarked London 1803 by Thomas Gooch. Signed and numbered dial, movement with duplex escapement and dust cover. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, subs seconds dial at VI. Gold hands. Faint hairlines at VI and VIII John Barwise was born in 1757 and resided in London until his death in 1842. During this time, he became one…
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George III, 18ct gold open face repeater pocket watch, by Richard Webster, Cornhill, London, number 5215, large 56 mm plain case and 18ct gold internal dust cover hallmarked London 1819. Signed, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, railtrack minutes, subsidiary seconds dial, enamel chip at X. Plunger actuated repeater, signed and numbered full plate movement with lever escapement. 151gm
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18ct gold hunter chronograph pocket watch by J.W. Benson, number 266755 51 mm plain case stamped with Swiss bureaux de controle - three heads of Helvetia, (from 1887), the higher standard of 0.755' for 18ct gold watch cases exported to the UK. The hinged covers and inner dust cover all with matched numbers to the movement. The cover engraved with monogram WJ. Keyless, 3/4 plate movement signed: 'Swiss Made. Exd. By J. W. Benson, 62 & 64 Ludgate Hill, London. By Warrant to H. M. The Late Queen Victoria.…
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Art Deco dress style 14ct gold open face pocket watch, by International Watch Co, (IWC) Schaffhausen, number 899499. 50 mm 14ct gold machine engraved case with vacant cartouche to back cover, milled bezels, leaf and berry cast patterned band. Internal 14ct gold dust cover. Swiss assay marks of two squirrels for watch cases from 1880 to 1933 (1). Signed, two tone gold face with Arabic numerals and minute indices, subs seconds dial at 6. Gold hands. IWC stamped and numbered movement with lever escapement,…
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18ct gold Regency period, open face, pocket watch by Robert Roskell, Liverpool, number 28869. 46 mm case with engine-turned back cover, diagonally milled bad, hallmarked Chester 1820. Matched number to movement. Gold dial with scale pattern centre, matt chapter ring with raised gold Roman numerals, minute indices, gold hands. Rack lever escapement, fusee/chain movement, signed 'Robt. Roskell, Liverpool. 28869' 104gm
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A desirable 'English Tourbillon' (karrusel) complication movement pocket watch, in silver open face case, 57 mm case hallmarked London 1928 by Fred Thoms, case maker, Clerkenwell, London and numbered 123621. English lever escapement, gilded 3/4 plate marked 'Patent BB No. 21421' for Bahne Bonniksen's UK patent of 1892 - 'In the karrusel by Bonniksen (UK patent 21421 of 1892) the carriage is mounted on a karrusel wheel driven by the third wheel pinion. The fourth wheel staff passes through the centre of the…
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Edwardian silver hunter cased centre seconds chronograph pocket watch 54 mm machine engraved case hallmarked Birmingham 1909, by Joseph Walton, Upper Charles Street, London EC. Vacant cartouche to cover. Lever escapement, movement under internal glass cover, keyless wind and setting. Running and stops White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, 0-300 chronograph scale, elapsed minutes subs dial at XII and running seconds subs dial at VI. Gold hands.
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Late 19th century open face pocket watch with ivory back and band, 47 mm case. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute indices, subs seconds dial at VI, blued steel Breguet hands. Pivoted detent escapement.
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Swiss 18ct gold hunter cased, minute repeater pocket watch, with a jewelled celestial coronet guarding the winder and jewelled monogram to the cover. 53 mm case stamped with Swiss bureaux de controle - three heads of Helvetia, c.1887, the higher standard of 0.755 for 18ct gold watch cases exported to the UK. The coronet mounted to the edge of the cover, set with native or mine cut gemstones (diamonds/garnets/tourmalines), the applied monogram 'BG' set with mine cut diamonds and cabochon garnets. 3/4 plate…
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18ct gold open face, centre seconds, pocket watch by Dent, London, number 53658, 50 mm plain case, hallmarked London 1902 by Joseph Walton, Upper Charles Street, London EC. Inner 18ct gold dust cover. White enamel dial signed Dent (in triangle), London. Roman numerals, rail track minutes, with 300 indices, Arabic numerals at 5-minute intervals. Blued steel centre seconds, gold hands. ¾ plate moment signed 'Dent, Watchmaker to the King, 61 Strand & 4 Royal Exchange, London. No.53658. Lever escapement. 118gm…
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A Victorian silver deck / pocket watch in half hunter case hallmarked Chester 1879, freesprung lever escapement, full plate deck watch grade fusee keyless movement with winding system by Octave Vivier. Side-winder crown at III. White enamel dial with sunk subsidiary state-of-wind dial at XII, Roman numerals rail track minutes, sunk sub seconds dial at VI. Radial machine engraved 54 mm case with blue enamel Roman numerals chapter ring framing the centre window.
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Late Victorian silver half hunter pocket watch, by J. W. Benson, London, in original named blue linen box. 51 mm case hallmarked London 1898, by JWB Ld. with gold fittings - winder bow, hinges and olivettes. Half hunter hinged cover with blue enamel Roman numerals. The 3/4 plate movement with lever escapement, signed J. W. Benson, 62 & 64 Ludgate Hill, London. Best London Make. By Warrant to H. M. The Queen'. Numbered H7699. (Benson's top movement with overcoil, cap jewels to escapement). Off-white enamel…
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A Dent silver half hunter open face pocket watch, the dial and movement with maker's name and address 6 Strand 4 Royal Exchange London and number 54937. Diameter 52 mm. In original named leather fitted case. Running.
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A 19th century decoratively engraved 18ct gold open face pocket watch, fusee movement. 107gm. Dia,59 mm. Running
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An 18ct gold Swiss open face pocket watch, the hours above the minutes on individual subsidiary dials, the stop-watch function operated by two buttons flanking the winder, the scale showing on the outer 60 second dial. 95gm.
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A Victorian 'Chettle' 18ct gold mid-size open face pocket watch, the fusee movement numbered 2852. Engraved gilt dial, machine engraved case. 41gm. Dia,37 mm. In original shaped and fitted Morocco leather case.
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An early 20th century quarter repeater hunter pocket watch, side button at 6 o'clock. Diameter 55 mm. Running.
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William Bent 18ct gold open face pocket watch, the dial with maker's name and 'London E.C. 15493'. Fusee drive. The bezel slightly out of shape. 141gm. Diameter 53 mm. Case date 1876.
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An 18ct gold Rotherhams half hunter pocket watch, blue enamel Roman numerals to the front. The movement numbered 381326. The case London 1929. 100gm. Diameter 49 mm.In fitted case.
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A Turkish market silver hunter pocket watch, Engraved Turkish markings to the inner cover and movement. Diameter 53 mm. In fitted case with cover detailed 'ANCRE 139806', this number matching the case number.
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A George III Samuel Holmes silver pair cased verge pocket watch, maker's name engraved to the movement, pierced and engraved flowering vase balance cock. The cases with matched dates London 1796.
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A Victorian Barwise of London 18ct gold open face pocket watch, fusee drive, verge escapement with engraved and pierced cover with face highlight. The movement named and numbered 8201. The gilt dial machine engraved and with Arabic numerals. The case London 1820. 86gm. Diameter 42 mm.
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