GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, GOLD PAIR CASED CENTRE SECONDS CYLINDER WATCH, MULTI-COLOUR GOLD AND PASTE SET VERGE WATCH, GOLD AND ENAMEL CENTRE SECONDS VIRGULE WATCH
GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, GOLD PAIR CASED CENTRE SECONDS CYLINDER WATCH, MULTI-COLOUR GOLD AND PASTE SET VERGE WATCH, GOLD AND ENAMEL CENTRE SECONDS VIRGULE WATCH
A SILVERED METAL HUNTING CASED CENTRE SECONDS CHINESE
DUPLEX WATCH, the gilt movement of Tixier calibre and typically engraved, white enamel dial, chipped, with two meantime dials with roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial
below, both seconds hands marking whole seconds, the case guilloche with engraved decoration, 56mm. diam., 19th Century.
A SILVER TRIPLE CASED VERGE WATCH for the Turkish Market, No.67541 by Ralph Gout with Turkish signature on the back-plate, white enamel dial with Turkish numerals, the two inner
cases piain hallmarked 1864, the third of tortoiseshell and decorated with silver pique on the bezels, and contained in locally made outer case, 73mm. diam.
A GILT METAL AND PASTE-SET VERGE WATCH, the movement with Continental balance bridge, white enamel dial with roman numerals, chipped round the winding aperture, the front bezel
set with pastes, the back with cast decoration heightened with jargoons, and centred with a polychrome enamel miniature of a young woman within a paste-set border, 46mm. diam.,
circa 1790.
A GILT METAL AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, No.1556 by
Jacques Louis Benoit of Geneva, white enamel dial with roman numerals, chipped round the winding aperture, the signature repeated, both bezels set with pastes, some lacking, the
back with a polychrome enamel miniature of a young couple, restored, 51mm. diam., circa 1790.
A GILT METAL AND ENAMEL PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH, No.5329 by Beefield of London, white enamel dial with arabic numerals, the signature repeated in the centre, the inner case
piain, the outer with red and white paste-set front bezel, the back decorated with a panel of dark blue enamel with a white, green and gold design, 71mm. diam., circa 1800.
A SILVER PAIR CASED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH by Michael Hollner of Prag, silver champleve dial with roman numerals and arcaded minutes, inscribedPrag in the centre, in
associated silver pair cases, the inner with pierced and engraved band, slightly damaged, the outer also pierced with a scene of Plenty and Cupid, 50mm. diam.
A FINE GOLD PAIR CASED CENTRE SECONDS CYLINDER WATCH, No.334 by James Payne of Foster Laite, London, the balance cock pierced and engraved with trophies of arms and centred with
a large diamond endstone, the train jewelled to the centre wheel, the dust cap with signature and number repeated and with engraved decoration, white enamel dial with roman
numerals, the minutes divided into iifths, signed Payne, London, in the centre, stop slide between XI and X, both cases plain and hallmarked 1785, 55mm. diam.
A GOLD, AGATE AND ROSE DIAMOND SET VERGE WATCH byjohn
Faver of London, and numbered 1669, the movement with square baluster pillars and pierced and engraved winged masked cock, white enamel dial with roman numerals and arcaded
minutes, the signature repeated in the centre, the agate case overlaid with cast filigree decoration of a boy musi-cian beneath a tree amidst stylised scrollwork and heightened
with rose diamonds, rose diamond set thumbpiece, 43mm. diam., mid-18th Century.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, white enamel dial with arabic numerals the associated back of the case with a polychrome enamel miniature of a couple in a woodland setting, 45mm.
diam.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, NO. 799 byLomet oiParis, white enamel dial with arabic numerals in associated gold and enamel case numbered 320 and with the makefs mark of
Jean-Louis Foulle, and the charge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris 1772, the back of the case of later enamelled purple roundels surrounded by a gold design against a black enamel
ground, 40mm. diam.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL DUMB QUARTER-REPEATING VERGE
WATCH, No. 1768 by Adamson & Millenet of Paris, white enamel dial with roman numerals and outer arabic minute ring, paste-set hands, the inside of the back of the case
hallmarked Paris 1776, the bezels with cast gold decoration heightened with white enamel dots, the back of the case of dark red translucent enamel over guilloche centred with a
stylised motif and surrounded by a mistletoe wreath, 37mm. diam.
A MULTI-COLOUR GOLD AND PASTE SET VERGE WATCH,
No.40582 by Bordier of Geneva, white enamel dial, chipped round the winding aperture, roman numerals and outer arabic minute ring, paste-set hands, the signature repeated, the
front bezel set with pastes, the back of cast multi-coloured gold surrounding a frame containing an urn, ail heightened with pastes, 48mm. diam., circa 1790.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL QU ARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH, by
Jacques Coulin & Amy Bry, white enamel dial with roman numerals and outer arabic minute ring, paste-set hands, the signature repeated in the centre, provision at VI for dumb
repeating, the case decorated with cast gold wreaths heigh-tened with enamel and pastes, the back centred with a polychrome enamel miniature of a young couple at an altar of
love, 44mm. diam., circa 1790.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL CENTRE SECONDS VIRGULE WATCH,
No.418 by Recordon & Dupont, signed on the hinged gilt cuvette, the Lepine calibre movement with free standing barrel with engraved decoration, white enamel dial with roman
numerals, the back of the case of a young couple within a cartouche against a dark blue ground with polychrome enamel decoration, 52mm. diam., circa 1800.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING VERGE WATCH, by
Guillarmod Freres, white enamel dial with roman numerals, the signature repeated in the centre, the front bezel set with pastes, the band pierced, the back of the case with a
polychrome enamel miniature of a couple flanking a statue of Cupid within an architectural setting, heightened with pastes, 55mm. diam., circa 1800.
A GOLD DUMB QUARTER REPEATING CENTRE SECONDS CYLIN-
DER WATCH, No.3138 by Decombaz, signed on the gilt cuvette, the Lepine calibre movement with free standing barrel, piain three-armed balance, spiral spring and regulator, white
enamel dial with arabic numerals, piain case, 56mm. diam., circa 1790, and with gold ratchet key and in later wood travelling case with folding strut.
A FINE AND RARE GOLD CASED DOUBLE DIALLED DUMB QU ARTER REPEATING CALENDAR VERGE WATCH by Tavernier of Paris, signed on the white enamel dial and round the gilt rim, roman
numerals and outer arabic minute ring, paste set hands, the reverse with a chiselled gold dial with aperture for the phases of the moon above, and manually-set dial for the
quarter days to the left, and disks for the year, day of the month and month of the year, arc for the regulator below and centred with a dial for the days of the week with a
paste-set hand, the bezels with cast decoration, the back bezel with trophies of the hunt, music, painting and sculpture and astronomy, rose diamond thumbpiece, the inside
numbered 439 and with the maker’s mark JQ, 48mm. diam. 2nd half of the 18th Century.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL CENTRE SECONDS CYLINDER WATCH, No.307 by Rojard of Geneva, the signature repeated on the dust cap, white enamel dial with roman numerals, the minutes divided
into fifths, both bezels set with split pearls, the back of the case with a polychrome enamel miniature of a couple in a garden inscribed Souvenir d’Amitie 51mm. diam., circa
1800.
A GOLD AND ENAMEL CENTRE SECONDS CYLINDER WATCH,
signed on the gilt cuvette Jaquet Droz & Leschot, London, white enamel dial with roman numerals and pierced hands, the back of the case decorated with a polychrome enamel
miniature of an urn against a balustraded architectural set-ting, a running greyhound beneath, ail against a dark blue ground of translucent enamel over guilloche, 54mm. diam.,
circa 1790.
A REPOUSSE GOLD PAIR CASED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE
WATCH, by Paul Dupin of London, gold champleve dial with roman numerals and outer arabic minute ring, the signature repeated in the centre, the inner case with pierced and
engraved band, the outer repousse with a scene of Cupid and Psyche in a woodland setting with four vignettes containing amorini, rubbed, 48mm. diam., circa 1730.
A GOLD, ENAMEL AND SPLIT PEARL SET REPEATING CYLINDER
WATCH, the unsigned movement with pierced and engraved balance bridge, white enamel dial, chipped, with arabic numerals, the bezels set with split pearls, the replaced back of
the case of translucent maroon enamel over guilloche heightened with white, the inside with the maker’s mark of Jean-Louis Girauld, with the charge mark of Henri Clavel of Paris
1786, 49mm. diam.
A FINE GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH by Henry Martin, white enamel dial with arabic numerals and the signature repeated, pierced gold hands, the hour hand a replacement, both
bezels set with split pearls, one lacking, the back with an oval polychrome enamel miniature of a lovesick maiden dic-tating a letter, surrounded by split pearl decoration
against a blue guilloche enamel ground, in glazed gilt metal outer pro-tecting case, 61mm. diam., late 18th century.
A GOLD SKELETON VERGE WATCH AND CUT STEEL CHATELAINE, the back of the movement overlaid with eut steel filigree, and with a crown surmounting two linked hearts, white enamel
dial with roman numerals alternating with eut steel rosettes, the bezels set with steel rosettes, the gold bezels with engraved decoration, pendent from a eut steel Chatelaine
with two pendent chains terminating in a matching key and small folding knife, diam. of watch 44mm. circa 1780.
A MULTI-COLOUR GOLD VERGE WATCH AND CHATELAINE,
No.754 by Melly of Paris, white enamel dial, chipped round the winding aperture, with roman numerals and outer arabic minute ring, paste set hands, the front bezel set with
pastes, the back centred with a cast three-colour gold urn of flowers heightened with pastes, pendent from a three-colour gold Chatelaine, the plaques cast with gardening and
musical trophies, the back of the hook with the maker’s mark of Jean-Baptist Godart, with the discharge mark of Julien Alaterre, Paris 1773, length overall 187mm.
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