S.Smith & Son Rare Gold Karrusel Half Hunter Pocket Watch C1898

Gabriel. A Very Rare and Important Gold Karrusel Keyless Fusee Lever, Free Sprung with Power Reserve, Half Hunter Pocket Watch C1901 Dial: The excellent cream coloured dial with Rom...

Stauffer & Co. An 18ct Yellow Gold Minute Repeater Keyless Lever Full Hunter Pocket Watch. Retailed by Russells Ltd Liverpool, C1900. Dial: The white enamel dial signed Russells 18 ...

John Cashmore. A Fine Heavy 18ct Yellow Gold Keyless Lever Half Hunter Pocket Watch, C1920. Dial: The perfect white enamel dial with Roman numerals outer minute track with subsidiar...

Gabriel London. A Rare 18ct Gold Full Hunter Keyless Lever Pocket Watch C1891. Dial: The excellent white enamel dial Signed Gabriel London and numbered limited series with Roman numerals outer minute track and subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock. The original blued steel spade hands and matching blued steel seconds hand. Case: The heavy 18ct yellow gold case with plain front cover and the rear cover with a beautiful entwined monogram. The single back cover opens to reveal the movement. The cases are all English hallmarked for London 1891 with the case being made by Joseph Walton from 7 Upper Charles Street Clerkenwell. Movement: This beautiful keyless lever movement with Tourbillion style bridge being free sprung with diamond endstone for the compensated balance wheel, and blued steel hair spring. This type of layout for the movement is very rare indeed. Victor Kullberg...

This watch was produced circa 1890s The dial has minor cracks near subdial as visible in pictures Crown is covered with 14k Gold Layer, Gold is ripped off from crown...

This important centre second Flyback Chronograph Pocket Watch by Nicole, Nielsen & Co dates back to circa 1864, retailed by Mac Donnell & Co, Sydney (signed to the dial) It is in a great vintage condition & in excellent working order & an ultimate collector’s item - used to belong to William (Bill) Bradshaw. Invented & patented by A. Nielsen, a flyback chronograph is a type of watch that enables the chronograph function to be reset and restarted instantly with a single button press. Unlike a standard chronograph, which requires three separate steps—stopping, resetting, and starting— the flyback mechanism combines all three into one seamless action. Designed as a Double Hunter, (can be opened from both sides allowing the timepiece to stand as a desk clock) the piece is centring a white porcelain regulator format dial, featuring original hands, subsidiary seconds at 9 o'clock, hour indication subsidiary dial at 3 o'clock, minutes and the chronograph indications are on the outer radial dial which features 5-minute makers. Measuring 53mm, 18K Yellow Gold Case, with single pusher chronograph and patent Nicole Nielsen setting, has both lids numbered 7602 (same number is on a movement), bearing 18K gold stamp & English (London) hallmarks: crown, leopard head, letter date (1864) & sponsor’s mark “A.N.” – Adolphe Nielsen – who was an inventor of flyback mechanism. His initials AN are in cameo within a rectangular surround. Powered by Manual Movement, engraved “Nielsen Capt 14 Soho Square, London” and numbered 7602 (meaning the movement was designed for this particular pocket watch) Total item’s weight: 170gr. The piece comes in generic box, accompanied by watch report & 6 months warranty Nicole, Nielsen & Co. was founded in 1839 by Swiss-born watchmakers Charles Victor Adolphe Nicole and Jules Philippe Capt. By 1858, the company had moved to larger premises at 14 Soho Square, where it remained until its closure in 1934. Nicole & Capt produced movements and watches for renowned names such as E. J. Dent, Charles Frodsham, and others. From around 1870 and for the next 60 years, Nicole Nielsen was known for crafting some of the finest and most complex English watches ever made. Their work included tourbillons, chronographs, and bespoke timepieces. In 1844, Adolphe Nicole was granted British patent for a keyless mechanism for fusee...

Emile Peret, Locle, Swiss, 1865, hunting case. Minute repeating pocket watch with porcelain dial, movement number 16666, case number 20175, size...

This rare 18ct yellow gold open dial pocket watch, made in London in 1881, is a remarkable antique timepiece crafted by Leon Allamand for F. Basse Adelaide. The case is stamped “18”,...