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18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH, 18-CARAT GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS CENTRE-SECONDS LEVER WATCH
AN  18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER
WATCH, the full-plate movement with chain fusee and engraved balance cock, the matt dial with roman numerals and fleur-de-lys hands, the case engine-turned and with a floral
band, 43mm, hallmarked London 1847
A SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH by
Tho. [...]

GOLD OPEN-FACED CYLINDER WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD HALF-HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, I8-CARAT GOLD HALF-HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
A 9-CARAT  GOLD  OPEN-FACED  KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH, the three-quarter plate movement with compensation balance and micrometer adjustment, stamped State, the dial with repeat signature and roman numerals, 50mm,
hallmarked Birmingham 1918
A GOLD OPEN-FACED CYLINDER WATCH
with a Swiss bar movement, the matt
dial with [...]

18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH, SILVER HUNTING-CASED DUPLEX WATCH
A  9-CARAT  GOLD  OPEN-FACED  KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH by Waltham, Mass.,  with compensation balance, the dial with repeat signature, roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, 47mm, hallmarked Chester 1925
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED CENTRE-SECONDS  KEYLESS LEVER  WATCH  by
John Lecomber, Liverpool & London,
the three-quarter plate
movement with compensation [...]

18-CARAT GOLD  OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT  GOLD  OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, 18-CARAT GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEY-LESS LEVER WATCH
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH by Reid & Sons, Neiocastle ироп Тупе,  the three-quarter plate movement with compensation balance, the dial with roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and repeat
signature, 46mm, hallmarked London 1903
A SILVER HUNTING-CASED VERGE WATCH
by Wm Fridgett, [...]

GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT  GOLD  OPEN-FACED  KEYLESS CENTRE-SECONDS LEVER WATCH
A GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER
WATCH, the movement with compensation balance, the dial with roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, 48mm
A  GOLD  HUNTING-CASED  CYLINDER
WATCH by Le Compte Geneve with а Swiss bar movement, the dial with roman numerals, repeat signature, the [...]

GOLD-PLATED QUARTER-REPEATING OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, GOLD HALF-HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, GOLD HUNTING-CASED LEVER WATCH
A GOLD-PLATED QUARTER-REPEATING OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH by
Brevet, 34 84, with compensation balance, the dial with roman numerals, the case with a repeat slide in the band, 53mm
A GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, the
half-plate movement with compensation balance, the dial with roman [...]

GLASS CALENDAR DESK WATCH, SLIM PLATINUM OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, GOLD HUNTING-CASED QUARTER-REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH

A SLIM PLATINUM OPEN-FACED KEYLESS
LEVER WATCH by Patek Philippe & Со., Geneva, Switzerland, no. 822649, the movement with compensation balance, jewelled pallets and wolf s tooth wind-ing, the dial with repeat
signature, jewelled numerals and subsidiarv [...]