Archive for the ‘19th Century Watches’ Category
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
A gentleman’s 18ct. gold demi-hunting cased Pocket Watch, A lady’s 18ct. gold key-wind open-faced Fob Watch
A gentleman’s gilt-on-copper pair-cased open-faced Pocket Watch, circa 1800, the gilt fusee movement with a verge escapement, rounded pillars, fan and scroll pierced balance cock, signed to the backplate Hollison, Liverpool,
No. 2474, white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals and [...]
Tags: 18ct gold, Arabic, balance cock, Capt. Bartholomew Roberts, CHRONOGRAPH, chronograph wrist watch, copper pair, cuvette, ENAMELLED, GENTLEMAN, Gerard, KEYLESS, ludgate hill, monogram, OPEN-FACED, POCKET, return buttons, Roman, roman numerals, Sheffield, SILVER PAIR-CASED, temporis, Thomas Barret, Wrist
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
An 18ct. gold cased key-wind open-faced Fob Watch, A 9ct. gold cased gentleman’s keyless-wind open-faced Pocket Watch
A silver pair-cased key-wind
open-faced Pocket Watch, London,
1807, the gilt fusee movement with a
verge escapement, rounded pillars, bird
and floral pierced balance cock, signed to
the backplate John Hunt, Amesbury,
No. 21770, white enamel dial with black
Roman numerals and gilt hands, outer
case undecorated
A [...]
Tags: 18ct gold, 18th century, 9ct gold, A, A. Golay, arabic numerals, backplate, balance cock, Birmingham, borders, Century, chas, Chater, cuvette, decoration, Diamond, enamel dial, fusee, GENTLEMAN, gilt dial, last quarter, leafage, LEVER, lever escapement, London, OPEN-FACED, outer case, pillars, pocket watch, poker hands, REPEATING, Richd, Roman, SILVER PAIR-CASED, Straine, TIFFANY, tortoiseshell, VERGE, Watch, WHITE
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
ANTIQUE WATCH: 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER WATCH, 9-CARAT GOLD HALF-HUNTING-CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH
AN 18-CARAT GOLD OPEN-FACED LEVER
WATCH, the full-plate movement with chain fusee, the matt dial with roman numerals, the case engine-turned, 44mm, hallmarked London 1860.
AN 18-CARAT GOLD LEVER WATCH by
Marten & Bishops, 20 Bunhill Row, London, no. 49341, the full-plate [...]
Tags: 18 carat gold, 20 Bunhill Row, 40mm, Aberdeen, Adam Liddell, adjustment, Antique, Arabic, arabic numerals, birchin lane, CARAT, chain, compensation, cornmarket, Daniel S. Carrera, Dial, Diamond, gold, HALF-HUNTING-CASED, James Watson, KEYLESS, LEVER, lever watch, Liverpool, mcallister, OPEN-FACED, pearl, quarter plate, Ring, Robt, roman numerals, Roskell, SILVER PAIR-CASED, swiss movement, VERGE, Watch
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
A 9CT GOLD OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH - 9CT GOLD LONGINES WRISTWATCH - A SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND FIVE-STONE RING - A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY
A GENTLEMAN’S 9CT GOLD LONGINES WRISTWATCH
With Arabic chapters and subsidiary seconds dial, the circular bezel with semi-elliptical lugs.
TWO 9CT GOLD CURB-LINK ALBERTS
The first formed as a uniform row of curb-links, with a toggle [...]
Tags: Antique, cameo brooch, Diamond, GENTLEMAN, gold case, gold celtic cross, Jewellery, masonic, tiger claw, wristwatch, Yellow
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
AN 18CT GOLD HUNTER-CASED POCKET WATCH - A 9CT GOLD GUARD CHAIN - A LADY’S OPEN-FACED POCKET WATCH AND GUARD CHAIN - A GENTLEMAN’S 18CT GOLD PATEK PHILIPPE WRISTWATCH
GOLD CURB-LINK ALBERT
Formed as two graduated sections of rose gold curb-links to a central toggle bar, with clips at either end.
A GUARD CHAIN
The belcher-link guard chain, marked [...]
Tags: 18ct gold, 9ct gold, diamond bar, enamel dial, GENTLEMAN, gold, gold ring, Jewellery, OPEN-FACED, patek philippe, pearl ring, POCKET
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
19th Century Watches
The 19th century saw many changes in the watch. By 1830 the cylinder escapement had almost completely replaced the verge escapement and the use of the chronometer escapement gave watches a precision they had not had before. The lever escapement established its supremacy in this century.
Possibly the most noticeable technical achievement was the [...]
Tags: 1880s, chronometer, English, gold watches, Roxbury, silver, Watches, watchmakers
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