Price £650
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MOVEMENT : Signed and numbered (19515). Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. Good original condition and running well.
DIAL : 36 mm, white enamel. Good condition overall with some surface scratches (the worst between 6 and 7) but no chips, hairlines or repairs. Original 18th century blued steel beetle and poker hands. The minute hand is a little short so has probably lost the tip.
INNER CASE : 41 mm. London hallmarks for 1775 and maker's mark IR. There are some very small dents on the back and the pendant has been reattached, but overall very good condition. The hinge is fine and the case snaps shut. The high dome bull's eye crystal is fine.
OUTER CASE : 51 mm. Matching hallmarks to the inner. Good overall condition with no repairs but the case was originally engraved and this engraving is quite worn. The hinge is fine but the catch and button are missing so the case does not snap shut.
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MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, with engraved and pierced balance bridge and plate. Blued screws and silver regulator disk. Signed 'J. Tarts, London' and numbered (6958). Good original condition, and running well.
DIAL : 40.5 mm. Silver champleve, in reasonable condition with four of the copper florets (half hour markers) replaced. Nice early brass hands.
INNER CASE : 44.5 mm, silver, hallmarks for London, 1778, rubbed maker's mark. The hinge is fine and the case closes nicely. The high dome bull's eye crystal is fine. The silver case is in reasonable condition although the stem has been reattached and there is slight compression around the band. The bow is a little bent.
OUTER CASE : 55 mm, silver, repousse. The hinge is a little worn but complete and the catch and catch button are fine. The case snaps shut nicely. Overall good condition with no holes but some wear to the high points of the repousse work.
Tarts is a name commonly used to sign watches made on the Continent during the mid 18th century. These are usually marked 'London' but were probably made in Holland or Switzerland. The English silver hallmarks on the inner case could be spurious.
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Price £750
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MOVEMENT : Signed (Jn. Seymour, London) and numbered (12715) gilt brass verge movement, with four square pillars, engraved double foot balance cock and plate with 'lace' edging and silver regulator disc. In complete condition and running well.
DIAL : 39 mm. Enamel dial, in reasonable condition, with a few scratches and repairs on the edge at 1 and 6. This dial is a replacement, but of about the correct period. Later brass hands.
INNER CASE : 45 mm. Silver, hallmarked for London, 1778 (rubbed), maker IH. Good condition except for the hinge which has damage to the sleeves, though the bezel snaps shut nicely. The high dome crystal is fine.
OUTER CASE : 52.25 mm. Very good quality silver repousse, in fine condition with no holes or repairs. Excellent definition to the repousse work with very little wear to high points. The hinge and catch are fine and the case snaps shut nicely.
A John Seymour (II) is listed in London after 1766.
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Price £1950
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Fine, small, English verge movement, in excellent gold pair cases, all in fine condition.
MOVEMENT : Good quality gilded verge fusee movement, with finely engraved balance cock and blued screws. All in good original condition and running well. Fully signed (Francis Perigal, Bond Street, London) and numbered (392).
DIAL : The white enamel dial is about 32.5 mm in diameter. It is in perfect condition except for some very light surface scratches. Later brass hands.
INNER CASE : Diameter 36.2 mm. Hallmarks for 22ct gold, London, 1780, maker IW. Very good condition with just a couple of very shallow small dents on the back. The case snaps shut nicely. The high dome crystal has a few small scratches but no chips or cracks.
OUTER CASE : Diameter 42.5 mm. Gold hallmarks matching the inner. The hinge and catch are again fine and the case snaps shut. In very fine condition.
Francis Perigal is listed in New Bond Street, London from 1770. He was in the Clockmaker's Company from 1781 and Watchmaker to the King.
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Price £650
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MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, with engraved and pierced balance cock and plate. Blued screws. Fully signed, numbered (31922). Good condition, with the gilding still bright, and running well.
DIAL : 37 mm. White enamel dial, in good condition with surface scratches, but no hairlines or repairs.
INNER CASE : 42.5 mm, silver, hallmarked for London, 1780, maker's mark TS?. The hinge is fine and the case closes nicely. High dome crystal with some scratches but no chips. Good condition throughout with just a few light bruises on the back.
OUTER CASE : 49 mm, silver, also hallmarked for London, 1780, maker's mark MG. The hinge and catch are fine, and the case snaps shut nicely. Again in good condition throughout.
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Price £400
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MOVEMENT : Fully signed (Fras. Perigal, Royal Exchange, LONDON) and numbered (19693). Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. Good original condition and running well.
DIAL : 37.5 mm, white enamel. The dial has some scratches but no chips, hairlines or repairs.
INNER CASE : 42 mm. Gilt brass. Maker's mark WQ and also stamped with the movement serial number 19693. Good condition with no dents but the gilding has worn off. The case does close but doesn't stay shut. The high dome bull's eye crystal has one very small chip at the bezel but otherwise fine.
OUTER CASE : 48 mm. No marks. No dents, though scratched on the back and the case has been regilded. Replacement catch button. The inner case fits this outer ok but it doesn't close well as the hinge has been bent and the catch worn.
So a nice movement and dial but the cases need a little work.
There are a number of makers of this name listed in London through the 18th century. This is probably Francis Perigal (III) who was at Royal Exchange, London from about 1778.
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Price £750
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A very good example of a late 18th century gilt/shell cased English verge.
MOVEMENT : Gilded verge movement, signed and numbered (159) with pierced and engraved balance cock. Clean, good condition, original and running well.
DIAL : 35 mm. White enamel, in excellent condition, virtually mint. Fine gold 18th century beetle and poker hands, again perfect.
INNER CASE : 40.75 mm. Gilt/brass, in good condition with a little wear to the gilding on the pendant and bow but no damage or repairs. The hinge is fine and the case snaps shut. High dome crystal with a few light scratches but no chips.
OUTER CASE : 48.5 mm. Gilt/brass with shell or horn covering. Good colour and in very good overall condition with no restoration. The bezel has one short section missing near the catch (13mm) but otherwise just a couple of short cracks on the edge of the back. Only about 12 pins missing. The hinge, catch and button are fine and the case closes nicely.
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Price £550
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MOVEMENT : Particularly attractive gilded verge fusee movement, with engraved and pierced balance cock and engraved plates. Very unusual centre pinned balance cock. Signed and numbered (295). It is in good condition, with a few scratches around the pillars. It is running intermittently (stopping occasionally).
DIAL : Signed white enamel 'doctor's dial', 43 mm in diameter. It is in reasonable with no repairs but three hairlines. The signature is slightly faded.
INNER CASE : Gilt, 48 mm in diameter. Maker's mark IN. Very good condition with no repairs, though one sleeve from the hinge is missing. Good high dome bull's eye crystal with no damage. The catch is fine and the case snaps closed properly.
OUTER CASE : Gilt, 55.75mm in diameter. Matching maker's mark to the inner. Hinge and catch fine (button worn) and the case closes nicely. Like the inner case, in good condition.
Abraham Bernard is listed in Bristol between 1758 and 1795.
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Price £450
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MOVEMENT : Gilded verge fusee movement, with engraved and pierced balance cock. Signed and numbered (2319). Nice clean condition, gilding still bright, and running well.
DIAL : White enamel, 38.6 mm in diameter. It is in very good condition with no repairs but some surface scratches.
INNER CASE : Gilt/brass, 42.5 mm in diameter. Good condition with much of the gilding still present. Signed SH. The hinge is fine and the case closes nicely. Good high dome bull's eye crystal with no damage.
OUTER CASE : Gilt/shagreen, 50 mm in diameter. The hinge and catch are fine and the case closes nicely (a little wear to the catch button). The shagreen covering is unrestored. Some pieces missing from the bezel at the neck and catch. On the back there is wear around the catch, the hinge and damage in the centre.
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Price £600
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MOVEMENT : Fully signed and numbered (1740). Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. In excellent, clean, original condition and running well.
DIAL : 39.25 mm. White enamel. In good condition, with just a few surface scratches and a flake on the edge at 11. Excellent original gold, 18th century, beetle and poker hands.
INNER CASE : 44 mm. Gilt brass. Good condition but with some wear to the gilding, mainly on the bow and pendant. High dome bull's eye crystal also in fine condition. The hinge is good though the case does not snap shut.
OUTER CASE : 51.25 mm. Gilt brass, again in good condition. The hinge and catch are fine though the catch button has worn down a little.
John Lloyd is listed in Aldgate, London between 1774 and 1795.
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Price £1650
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This is a rare and very large English gilt/brass pair cased pocket watch, with a multi functional dial, paste set bezel and a huge verge escapement fusee movement, made around 1780 by William Carpenter in London.
MOVEMENT : The large movement has square pillars and a pierced and engraved balance cock with a very big diamond endstone. The movement is signed “Wm. Carpenter London” and numbered “4040”. It is running well, keeping good time.
The movement is complete, including the motion wheels, except for the jump quarter seconds mechanism which is absent. There is a stop lever on the side of the case but this is missing the lever that stops the movement. The movement is complete with a winding key.
DIAL : The white enamel dial is about 61.5 mm in diameter. There are 4 subsidiaries around a central minute dial. The hours at the top, the seconds to the right, moon age and phase to the left and jump quarter seconds at the bottom. Unfortunately the dial is not in as good condition as the movement and case. There are a number of hairlines and filled repairs at the centre and on the edge at 50. The brass hands are not original.
The dial plate is missing 2 feet (of 3) so is not held very firmly to the movement.
INNER CASE : The case is in good condition though the pendant has been reattached. The hinge and catch are fine and the case snaps shut nicely. Even wear to the gilding. The crystal has no chips but is quite scratched.
OUTER CASE : This is a really big watch, photographed next to a standard sized watch for comparison. The diameter is 81 mm. The catch and release button are fine and the case snaps shut nicely. The gilding is evenly worn down to the brass. The paste set bezel is complete with alternating red and clear stones except for two which are absent.
William Carpenter was active between 1770 and 1817 and concentrated on the Far Eastern market.
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Price £950
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MOVEMENT : Gilded verge movement, signed and numbered (21915). Pierced and engraved balance cock. Nice clean condition and running well.
DIAL : 40 mm. The beautiful signed white enamel dial is virtually perfect with just a few surface scratches. The gold beetle and poker hands are original 18th century, not reproductions..
INNER CASE : 45 mm. Gilt on brass. Some of the gilding has worn off the outside though still complete on the inside. The hinge is fine and the case closes nicely. High dome crystal in good condition.
OUTER CASE : 54 mm. Brass gilt, with shell covering. Very good colour. The case is in original condition with no restoration. The shell on the back is complete with none missing but with four short cracks. The shell on the bezel is perfect. Seven pins missing from the back and nine from the bezel. The hinge and catch are fine and the case closes nicely.
Loomes lists Ralph Gout in London 1770 and 1836.
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Price £875
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MOVEMENT : Signed and numbered (10786) gilt brass verge movement, with four square pillars, engraved double foot balance cock and plate, and silver regulator disc. In complete and good condition with nice bright gilding. Running well.
DIAL : 35.85 mm. Enamel dial, in reasonable condition, with just a few light scratches, a couple of light hairlines running from 1 to 3, and general fading to the painted numbers and chapter rings.
INNER CASE : 40.9 mm. Silver, hallmarked for London, 1782, maker JC. Also marked with the movement serial number 786. Good condition throughout, with a few light bruises and wear to the bow. The hinge and catch are fine. The high dome crystal is fine and the bezel snaps shut nicely.
OUTER CASE : 49.3 mm. Silver repousse. Very nice condition with just one tiny pin hole caused by wear to the high points of the repousse work. The hinge and catch are fine and the case snaps shut nicely.
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An English verge watch, with an interesting dial and excellent silver and horn /shell pair cases. All in very nice condition.
MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, signed and numbered (14796). Nice 'lace' edging to the balance cock and plates. Running a little fast (gaining about 3 minutes per hour).
DIAL : 38.25 mm. White enamel dial, signed and with gilt fleur de lys half hour markers. Good condition with just one light hairline running from 2 to 5, and a repair at the catch at 6 o'clock. Fine early gold coloured beetle and poker hands.
INNER CASE : 44 mm, silver with London hallmarks for 1783, maker's mark IH, movement serial number (14796) and most unusually stamped with the maker's name “I. HARDY”. The hinge is fine and the case closes nicely. Good high dome crystal with no damage. Good condition throughout though the pendant may have been reattached.
OUTER CASE : 53.75 mm, silver case, hallmarked as the inner, though without the maker's mark. Silver rims and pinwork with horn or shell back and bezel. The hinge and catch are fine and the case closes nicely. The shell is in excellent condition and a good colour. Just one short, fine crack. All of the silver pins are present. A fine case in exceptional condition.
The case maker, John Hardy is listed a working in Bridgewater Square, London, in 1773 (ref. Philip Priestley).
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Price £875
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MOVEMENT : Signed and numbered (3456) gilt brass verge movement, with four square pillars, engraved double foot balance cock and plate, and silver regulator disc. Nice milling to the edge of the plates. There is an old repair to the mainspring barrel but it seems to be strong. Both watch and calendar function are working well.
DIAL : 36 mm. White enamel dial, in good condition, with no hairlines, chips or repairs, but some general fading. The calendar aperture is gilt metal lined. Fancy gilt hands.
INNER CASE : 41 mm. Silver, hallmarked for London, 1783, maker JC? Also marked with the movement serial number 3456. Reasonable condition throughout, though the pendant has been reattached and there are some bruises on the back. Replacement bow has been repaired (not silver). The high dome crystal is fine and the bezel snaps shut nicely.
OUTER CASE : 50 mm. Silver repousse. Very nice condition with no holes or repairs. Slight wear to high points of the repousse work. The hinge and catch are fine and the case snaps shut nicely.
The case is signed D. COCHIN (a little worn but just decipherable).
May is a name commonly used to sign watches made on the Continent during the mid 18th century. These are usually marked 'London' but were probably made in Holland or Switzerland. The English silver hallmarks on the inner case could be spurious.
Daniel Cochin was a very well known and fine repousse worker, based in Geneva and later in Paris during the mid 18th century.
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A good London verge, in an exceptionally fine pierced gold repousse pair case.
MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, with beautifully engraved and pierced double foot balance cock. Interesting portrait balance cock (Father Time with scythes ?). Signed and numbered (625). All in good original condition and running well.
DIAL : 36.25 mm. Signed white enamel. Excellent condition with just tiny chips on the edge at 1 and a little wear to the painted numerals on the edge at 5. Original 18th century steel beetle and poker hands.
INNER CASE : 40.5 mm. London hallmarks for 22ct gold, 1783, maker's mark RP. There are a few light bruises and one small dent on the back and the pendant has been reattached, leaving some roughness on the shoulders around the stem, but in overall good condition. The hinge is fine and the bezel snaps shut correctly. Good high dome bull's eye crystal with a little wear but no chips or cracks.
OUTER CASE : 46.5 mm. An exceptionally fine repousse case with wonderfully pierced detail. 22ct gold with no hallmarks. The catch, button and hinge are good and the case snaps shut nicely. In wonderful condition with no wear to the repousse work.
The total weight of the gold cases (without crystal) is just over 42 gms.
Allen Walker is listed in London and Amsterdam from the mid 18thc until 1783.
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Price £500
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MOVEMENT : Fully signed (Alex Hollisone, London and numbered 7515). Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. Excellent original condition and running, but gaining about 5 minutes per hour.
DIAL : 36.5 mm, white enamel. There are a couple of repaired chips on the edge at 1 and 2 but otherwise fine.
INNER CASE : 42 mm. London hallmarks for 1784, maker IL. In fine condition throughout, although much of the gilding has worn through to the silver. The high dome crystal is fine.
OUTER CASE : 50 mm. Matching hallmarks to the inner. The silver is in excellent condition although again the gilding has worn off. The hinge, is fine and the catch and catch button are complete though the steel catch has rusted and the catch is weak.
Alexander Hollisone is listed in Liverpool at the end of the 18th century but there are examples of his watches also marked as 'London'.
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A very fine gold and enamel pair cased cylinder watch, by a good London maker. Excellent condition.
MOVEMENT : Excellent quality gilded cylinder movement, fully signed and numbered (19272). Diamond endstone to the balance cock and blued screws. Excellent, original condition and running well.
DIAL : 35.5 mm. White enamel. Very fine condition with just a few light surface scratches. Nice original 18th century gold, beetle and poker hands.
INNER CASE : Diameter 39.75 mm. Hallmarks for 22ct gold, London, 1786, maker VW. Also stamped with the movement number (19272). Excellent condition with just a few light dents around the band. Good high dome crystal with no scratches or other damage. The case snaps shut nicely.
OUTER CASE : Diameter 46.5 mm. Gold hallmarks matching the inner. Enamel to both bezel and back.
The gold is in good condition throughout. The hinge and catch are again fine and the case snaps shut. The catch button appears to be a replacement (silver) and there is a tiny gold stud missing from the bezel at the catch (leaving a small whole).
The blue and white enamel bands on the bezel and back are in excellent condition. The dark blue guilloche enamel on the back is complete with no chips and just some light scratches.
Francis Perigal (III) was at Royal Exchange, London from about 1778 and died in 1843.
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Price £750
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MOVEMENT : Fully signed and numbered (354). Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. In excellent, clean, original condition and running well.
DIAL : 37.5 mm. White enamel. Very good condition, with just a few surface scratches. Nice matching gold hands.
INNER CASE : 42.5 mm. Fully hallmarked for London, 1786, maker MR. Very fine condition. High dome bull's eye crystal also in fine condition. The hinge is good and the case snaps shut nicely.
OUTER CASE : 50.5 mm. Matching hallmarks to the inner. Again in very good condition with just one light bruise on the back and a little wear to the catch button. The hinge is fine.
Robert Ward is listed in London from 1768 until 1808.
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Price £2600
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A very stylish watch, with a fine English verge movement, in a gold case decorated with orange enamel and spilt pearl borders.
MOVEMENT : Excellent verge movement., fully signed and numbered (762). Diamond endstone and blued screws. All in fine original condition and running well.
DIAL : 39 mm, solid gold dial, with engine turned engraving. Hallmarked for 18 carat gold on the reverse (see photo). Excellent condition. Nice blued steel serpentine hands. The minute hand is a later replacement, but a good match.
CASE : 50 mm. 18ct gold. No hallmarks but tested as 18 carat solid gold. The gold is in very good condition and hinges and catches are fine. No repairs.
The pearl borders, back and front, are complete, with no damage to the pearls. The blue and white enamel rims on the front bezel have a little damage at 12 and 9.
The enamel rims on the back have a little damage at 3 and 7. The orange enamel to the centre of the back is perfect.
John Wakelin and William Taylor were fine gold and silversmiths in London in the late 18th century. They were succeeded by Robert Garrard in 1802 and this company was a predecessor of the current Garrard & Co. Ltd.
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OVEMENT : Gilded verge movement, signed with pierced and engraved balance cock. Clean, good condition and running well.
DIAL : 34 mm. White enamel, in nice condition, with just a few light surface scratches and a very small chip on the edge at 5.
INNER CASE : 39 mm. Gilt/brass with some wear to the gilding but no damage or repairs. The hinge is fine and the case closes, though doesn't snap shut. High dome bull's eye crystal in good condition.
OUTER CASE : 46.5 mm. Gilt/brass with underpainted shell or horn covering. Good colour. The back is original and has a few cracks but nothing missing. The bezel has been restored and repainted. No pins missing. The hinge and catch are fine and the case closes nicely.
Richard Cowling is listed in London around 1800.
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MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, with engraved and pierced balance cock. Blued screws and large silvered regulator disk. Fully signed and numbered (4134). Good condition and running well.
DIAL : 46 mm. White enamel 'doctors' dial, with overlapping chapters. In reasonable condition with no repairs or pieces missing but some hairlines across the bottom half.
INNER CASE : 50.85 mm, silver, hallmarked for London 1792, maker's mark IT. Also engraved with a serial number (4034 – I'm sure this was mistaken for 4134 and the case is certainly original to the movement). The hinge is missing one sleeve but the case does snap shut firmly. A lever on the side of the case stops and starts the movement. The high dome crystal is fine. The silver case is in very good condition except for the missing sleeve on the hinge.
OUTER CASE : 58.3 mm, silver, matching hallmarks to the inner. The hinge is fine, though the catch is absent. Otherwise in good condition throughout.
William Hannington is listed in London circa 1800.
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Price £350
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MOVEMENT : Gilt verge movement, with engraved and pierced balance cock and plate. Silver regulator disk. Fully signed, numbered (2628). Good condition, with the gilding still bright, and running well.
DIAL : 39.85 mm. White enamel dial, in quite good condition with one light hairline running from the centre to 12, a few surface scratches and a tiny chip on the edge at 6.
INNER CASE : 45.25 mm, silver, hallmarked for London, 1793, maker's mark IT (rubbed). The hinge is complete and the case snaps hut nicely nicely. The silver case is in good condition except that the stem has been reattached and there are signs of an old repair to the hinge and around the base of the stem. The high dome bull's eye crystal has fine scratches but no chips or other damage.
OUTER CASE : 53 mm, silver, matching hallmarks to the inner. The hinge and catch are fine and the case closes nicely, though the catch button has worn down. A few light bruises but in generally nice condition.
The case contains 4 old watchpapers from Mold in North Wales.
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Price £1100
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This is a nice quality silver repeating Swiss pocket watch, with a verge movement and particularly elegant dial.
MOVEMENT : Gilded verge movement with engraved and pierced balance cock. Signed (Moilliet, Geneva) and numbered (5027).
The hour/quarter repeating function is activated by pushing down the stem. The repeater strikes two gongs, with one chime for the hours and two for the quarters. The movement is in good original condition and both watch and repeating functions are working well.
DIAL : 44.25mm. White enamel and engine turned gold centre and rims. There are a few very light scratches but in wonderful condition overall. Blued steel hands.
CASE : 52.75 mm. Silver. It is stamped with the movement number (5027) and Swiss silver marks. In good condition with just some scratches around the catches on the covers and 2 small dents on the band.
There are several makers named Moilliet listed in Geneva during the second half of the 18th century. This watch would have been made towards the end of the century.
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