Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham’
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
ANTIQUE OAK AND MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCKS
A Longcase Clock Movement, circa 1740, with a Win. square brass dial, cast putto and crown spandrels, silvered chapter ring, matted centre signed Jno.
Inkpen, Horsham, the 30-hour movement rack striking on a bell, lacking, in a posted frame, with anchor escapement, with pendulum.
An oak Longcase Clock, with a 12in. arched [...]
Tags: antique oak, aperture, AUTOMATON, bell, Birmingham, bracket, BRASS, brass dial, broken arch, Burton Street, chamfered corners, clock, clock movement, Corinthian, day bell, Dent, dentils, escapement, frame, fruitwood, glass panel, hood, Horsham, inkpen, inlaid, Jno, knowle, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, moon, movement, OAK, pediment, pendulum, plinth, side columns, spandrels, STEEL, swan neck, waist, weight
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
CARRIAGE CLOCKS: silver-cased Desk Clock, French silver and tortoiseshell Mantel Timepiece, hallmarked London, Carriage Clock with Alarm
A Duverdry & Bloquel Carriage
Timepiece, with white enamelled dial
and cylinder escapement, in gilt-brass
case with scroll handle, 14.5cm.; 53Ain., in
carrying case.
A Carriage Timepiece, with white
enamelled dial and cylinder escapement,
in gilt-brass obis case, 14.5cm.
A champleve enamel Carriage
Timepiece, with gilt matted and [...]
Tags: ALARM, alarm clock, ALARUM, arabic numeral, arabic numerals, Birmingham, Bloquel, bracket, bracket clock, brass case, bulle, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, carriage clocks, carrying case, CASED, clock, Clocks, Cockspur, CYLIN, CYLINDER, cylinder escapement, Dent, desk clock, Duverdry, enamel decoration, escapement, Examined, glass, glass panel, LEVER, lever escapement, MANTEL, mantel clock, METAL, MINIATURE, OVAL, pearl, presentation, rectangular case, REPEATING, serpentine, SILVER, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell, Webb
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
A silver-cased Mantel Clock, A giltwood Mantel Clock, An oak-cased Mantel Clock
A giltwood Mantel Clock, circa 1880, the timepiece movement with replacement escapement, in a carved frame supported by putto, on scroll columns and shaped base, 57cm.;
A stained oak Mantel Clock, circa
1880, the movement striking on one bell
with exposed Brocot escapement,
stepped white dial with gilt [...]
Tags: 19th century, base, Birmingham, Bond Street, bracket clock, brass case, bun feet, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, case bun, CENTURY, chime, clock case, clock london, damage, dial plate, English, escapement, floral clusters, GOLD, GOTHIC, inlaid, leaf scroll, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, medallion, oak mantel, ovolo, putto, replacement, roman numerals, shell, STRIKING, subsidiary, TIMEPIECE, trafalgar square, watch, WHITE, william comyns
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
silver cased key-wind open-faced Pocket Watch, silver-gilt and copper-gilt key-wind open-faced pair-cased Pocket Watch
A gentleman’s silver cased key-wind open-faced Pocket Watch, London, the scrollwork engraved duplex movement with slow/fast regulator, signed Bovet, London, engraved white metal
dust cover, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, gilt hands and centre seconds, with a plain [...]
Tags: 19th century, A SILVER PAIR-CASED, arabic numerals, backplate, Birmingham, Cassidy, CENTURY, Chester, CHROME, CHRONOGRAPH, escapement, gentleman, glasgow, GOLD, Hopalong, HUNTING, KEYLESS, link bracelet, longines, mark birmingham, Maston, octagonal, OPEN-FACED, pillars, plain case, POCKET, pocket watch, quarter plate, rectangular case, red hands, regulator, REPEATING, ROLEX, roman, roman numerals, SILVER CASED, silver gilt, subsidiary, titus geneve, Waltham, watch, WRIST
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
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. [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, 20 Manchester Road, A SILVER OPEN, A SILVER PAIR, A SILVER PAIR-CASED, Arabic, balance cock, Birmingham, CARAT, CENTRE-SECONDS, CYLINDER, Dewsbury, dial, GOLD, gold chain, h samuel, Holliwell, j thompson, KEVLESS, KEYLESS, LEVER, lever watch, liverpool, ludgate hill, maidstone, OPEN-FACED, Queen Victoria, Russell, signature, SILVER HUNTING-CASED, SILVER PAIR-CASED, SWISS, swiss bar, tassels, three quarter, VERGE, watch, winterhalder
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
STEEL WRIST WATCH by Rolex, SILVER WRIST WATCH by Omega, LADIES’ WRIST WATCH by Gruen, LADIES’ WRIST WATCH by Cartier,WRIST WATCH by Movado
A STEEL WRIST WATCH by Rolex, the dial
signed Rolex Perpetuai officially rated
Chronometer, 32mm, with strap; and a
gold-plated Wrist Watch, the dial
signed Invincible Automatic, 21 jewels,
34mm, with strap; and a 9-carat gold
Wrist Watch by [...]
Tags: 1940, A SILVER WRIST, arabic numerals, AUTOMATIC, Birmingham, Calendar, carat gold, CHRONOGRAPH, CHRONOMETER, clock, COLLECTION, CYLINDER, denco, DIGITAL, France, gold wrist watch, GOLD-PLATED, Gruen, HALF-HUNTING-CASED, HUNTING, jewels, LADIES, LEVER, lever watch, METAL, Movado, omega, oyster, PERPETUAL, PLATINUM, ROLEX, roman numerals, SECONDS, SEVENTEEN, SILVER WRIST, Speedmaster, STEEL, subsidiary, UNUSUAL, WATCHES, WRIST, wrist watches
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
SILVER WRIST WATCH by Rolex, 9-CARAT GOLD WRIST WATCH, GOLD-PLATED CALENDAR WRIST WATCH, GOLD CHRONOGRAPH WRIST WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD WRIST WATCH by Rolex
A SILVER WRIST WATCH by Rolex, in a Square case, 26mm, importers’ mark RWC, Glasgow 1926, and a 9-carat gold Wrist Watch with a Swiss movement, and subsidiary seconds, 27 by
32mm, London 1928, [...]
Tags: 32mm, 33mm, arabic numerals, AUTOMATIC, baume, Birmingham, Calendar, CARAT, chapter rings, CHRONOGRAPH, clock, CYLINDER, FACED, Geneva, GILT, GOLD, gold wrist watch, GOLD-PLATED, jewel movement, LADIES, LEVER, longines, oyster, RARE, return buttons, ROLEX, roman numerals, RUBY, RWC, S.S.W, SECONDS, signature, SILVER WRIST, SILVER-FACED, SILVER-FACED WRIST, Stima, SWISS, swiss movement, Tudor, Tudor Oyster, UNUSUAL, VERY, watch co, WRIST
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOMETER WRIST WATCH, CHROMIUM LADIES’ DIGITAL WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD DIGITAL WRIST WATCH, PRINZ WRIST WATCH, 18-CARAT WHITE GOLD WRIST WATCH
A GOOD AND RARE AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOMETER WRIST WATCH
by Rolex, the movement with a self-winding rotor, the dial with repeat signature, centre date hand, day and month apertures and subsidiary seconds with [...]
Tags: Accuracy, apertures, Arabic, AUTOMATIC, Birmingham, Calendar, CARAT, chapter rings, chromium, CHRONOMETER, Constantin, Coultre, date, dial, DIGITAL, digital watch, FRENCH, George Stockwell, glasgow, GOLD, GOOD, Jaeger, jewel movement, leather, LEVER, METAL, MYSTERIEUSE, omega, PERPETUAL, perpetual calendar, phase of the moon, RARE, rectangular case, repeat, repeat sign, ring, ROLEX, signature, subsidiary, swiss movement, Universal, universal geneve, UNUSUAL, Vacheron, white gold, WRIST, wrist watch
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, GOLD-PLATED HUNTING-CASED LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, FINE OYSTER PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRIST WATCH
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH by E. J. Dent, London, no. 10599, the three-quarter plate movement with compensation balance and chain fusee, the matt dial engraved with foliage and with subsidiary seconds [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, A SILVER PAIR, Abraham, ALARM, andrew campbell, AUTOMATIC, barwise, Birmingham, bredbury, Calendar, CARAT, card case, Chester, CHRONOGRAPH, CHRONOMETER, clock, FACED, GOLD, gold chain, GOLD-PLATED, GOOD, HALF-HUNTING-CASED, henry abraham, hobson, HUNTING, LEVER, lever watch, MINUTE, numeration, oyster, PERPETUAL, perpetual calendar, QUARTER, quarter plate, ROLEX, roman numerals, SECONDS, silver chain, SILVER HUNTING-CASED, SILVER PAIR-CASED, subsidiary, SWISS, UNUSUAL, Waltham
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
OPEN-FACED CYLINDER WATCH, SLIM OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, HUNTING-CASED MINUTE-REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH, 18-CARAT GOLD HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER CHRONOGRAPH
AN OPEN-FACED CYLINDER WATCH with a
Swiss bar movement, the dial with roman numerals, the case engine-turned and engraved with leaves, 37mm, gold-coloured metal
A REPEATING GUN-METAL OPEN-FACED
KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, the movement with compensation balance, engraved Searle & [...]
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