Thomas Gorsuch, No. 323, Salop, circa 1700. Fine silver pair-cased watch.
C. Outer: two-body, polished; inner: two-body, ?bassine?, with deep back, polished. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, repoussé center with British coat of arms. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 41 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed cock with straight line base and streamers, neck engraved with a mask. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,500 - 8,000
EUR 4,500 - 5,500
USD 4,000 - 4,800
John Moore, London, circa 1700. Fine silver pair-cased watch with W.J. Moore watch paper.
C. Outer: two-body, polished; inner: two-body, ?bassine?, with deep back, polished. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, center chased with scrolling and mask. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 42 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with elaborate Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed cock with straight line base and streamers engraved with two masks. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,500 - 8,000
EUR 4,500 - 5,500
USD 4,000 - 4,800
Sold: CHF 5,405
William Tomlinson, London, No. 1251, circa 1700. Fine and rare silver pair-cased alarm watch.
C. Outer: two-body, pierced and engraved for sound, four engraved masks on the side, inner: two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, pierced and engraved on the band, polished back. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers on polished cartouches, center rotating alarm ring, alarm setting aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 40 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with turned baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed cock with diamond endstone, alarm on a bell via two hammers. Signed on the movement. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,500 - 8,000
EUR 4,500 - 5,500
USD 4,000 - 4,800
Sold: CHF 7,130
Brouncker Watts, London, No. 715, hallmarked 1709-10. Very fine and rare 22K gold pair-cased watch.
C. Outer: two-body, polished, box-hinged, inner: two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, polished. D. Gold, matte, champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner half-hour divisions, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic figures on polished cartouches, chased center with mask and scrolling. Blued steel ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 41 mm, gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, single-footed English cock with streamers. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 22,000 - 27,000
EUR 15,000 - 18,000
USD 13,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 18,400
Ellicott, No. 7909, London, hallmarked 1782-83. Very fine 22K gold pair-cased watch.
C. Outer: two-body, back and bezels engraved in floral pattern, inner: two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, polished, dust cap. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold ?beetle and poker? hands. M. 33 mm, gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with plain steel three-arm balance with early jeweled staff, flat balance spring, single-footed cock with diamond endstone. Signed on the movement and the dust cap. Diam. 47 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
EUR 6,000 - 7,500
USD 5,500 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 7,130
The Music Lesson Godin A Paris, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold and enamel watch.
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, back finely painted in grisaille enamel with a scene depicting four children discussing a sheet of music, a cello leaning against the wall, engraved bezels, front one also with champlevé enamel floral pattern. D. White, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, outermost five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture at 4 o?clock. Gold Louis ?XV? hands. M. 36 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock. Signed on the movement. Diam. 43 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
EUR 4,800 - 6,200
USD 4,200 - 5,300
Jean Baptiste Baillon A Paris, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold and painted enamel watch.
C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, back painted on enamel with a scene showing a gentleman sitting with a shepherdess accompanied by her sheep, with a cupid to the left and ruins in the background, gold crescent-shaped paillon border on blue enamel background, front bezel with blue champlevé enamel forming a geometrical pattern. D. White convex enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with outer five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 36 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, conti-nental cock. Signed on the movement. Diam. 45 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 2,700
USD 1,800 - 2,400
Sold: CHF 4,140
C. Molded base on bun feet, tapered top, hinged front and back doors. D. gilt brass ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic figures set on dark blue velvet, each corner with pierced and engraved appliqué decorated with stylized foliage and finished with fleur de lis. Gilt pierced hands. M. Rectangular, 64 x 74 mm, gilt brass, baluster pillars, fusee and cat-gut, verge escapement, four-arm steel balance with straight hog?s bristle balance spring, whose length is regulated by micrometric screw regulator set on two-footed large (56 mm ø) solid cock decorated with engraved flowers, pull repeat, repeating hours on the bell mounted on the top of the movement and quarters on the one mounted below the movement. Signed on the movement. Dim. Height 29 cm, base width 17 cm.
Grading System: 
CHF 100,000 - 120,000
USD 60,000 - 70,000
Sold: CHF 179,500
C. Lyre-shaped with molded base and top, surmounted by a bell, hinged back door. D. Lyre-shaped gilt brass, applied silver ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour division and outer minutes from 1 to 60, regulator sector aperture at the top for the balance spring, decorated with floral engraving. Blued steel ?Louis XIV? hands. M. Lyre-shaped, brass, baluster pillars, going barrels for going and striking trains, verge escapement, large three-arm steel balance, blued steel two-turn flat balance spring, two-footed plain gilt brass cock, brass count wheel on the back plate with blued steel ?tulip? hand. Signed on dial. Dim. Height 34 cm, base width 15 cm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
EUR 14,000 - 17,000
USD 12,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
C. Eight-lobed form with two-part frame, the borders engraved with a hatched pattern, the interior surrounded with filigree foliage. Faceted rock crystal cover and back, with loose-ring pendant and button finial. D. Vermeil, champlevé of matching shape, with radial Roman numerals, half and quarter hour divisions on a matte ground, with punched decorations, the center with a rosette. Baluster-turned blued steel hand. M. Shaped gilt-brass, turned baluster pillars, pierced and florally engraved fixed barrel with going arbor, the wheel-and-pinion stop-work mounted on the backplate, four-wheel train, verge escapement with plain three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, silver trefoil cock and regulator with blued steel retaining sector for the rack and silver indicator disk retained by a blued steel cock. Pierced and foliate engraved silver cock with small irregular foot. Signed on the movement. Dim. 51 x 32 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 14,000 - 21,000
USD 12,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 36,800
C. Rectangular with small molded base and top, the top with gilt brass appliqué chased with inhabited foliage surmounted by a coronet, borders with a gilt brass frame chased with foliate pattern, hinged front and back door. D. Gilt brass ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions and outer sixty-minute figures applied on black velour, gilt brass applied corners chased with inhabited foliage. Gilt brass hands. M. Rectangular, 94 x 120 cm, single going barrel for both going and striking trains, verge escapement, cycloidal cheeks (missing pendulum), brass count wheel on the back plate, striking on a bell mounted on the top of the case. Signed on dial and movement. Dim. Height 45 cm. (with the top appliqué), base width 30 cm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 14,000 - 20,000
USD 12,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 28,750
C. Front and sides entirely decorated with Boulle marquetry in silver, brass and tortoiseshell, with scrolling, stylized flowers and foliage and birds with silver frames engraved with twisted rope pattern, rectangular molded base, ormolu edges, oval top surmounted by an ormolu appliqué with two torch finials on each side, four pawn ormolu feet. D. Silvered ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals and half-hours indexes, inner quarter-hour ring, outermost minutes numbered from 1 to 60, applied on gilt dial plate richly engraved with scrolling, flowers and foliage. Blued steel ?feuille? hands. M. Square, 13 x 13 cm, brass full plate, baluster pillars, two going barrels, verge escapement, silk suspension, short pendulum with circular brass bob, brass count wheel set on the back plate, striking on a bell set at the top. Signed on the back plate. Dim. Height 55 cm, width 29 cm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,000 - 27,000
USD 18,000 - 24,000
C. Three-body, ?Consular?, polished, punched with the maker?s mark ?VW?, probably for Valentine Walker. D. White enamel, radial Roman hour chapter at the top, center minutes with outer minute ring and five-minute Arabic figures, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm, gilt brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee with Harrison?s maintaining power and chain, going train with a high number of leaves and teeth, pivoted detent escapement, patented ?double S? balance with two gold mean screws and two gold compensating nuts screwed onto threaded posts fixed to the free ends of the S-shaped bimetallic strips, free-sprung helical balance spring, impulse roller made of a single piece of sapphire, the discharge roller jeweled in the usual manner, the detent return leaf-spring mounted on a separate block, the tail of the detent banking against adjustable screw, jeweled to the third wheel, fusee also jeweled, escapement with endstone, double-footed Emery-type cock with diamond endstone, curious balance stopping device acting vertically, as opposed to the usual lateral manner. Signed on the movement. Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 21,000 - 27,000
USD 18,000 - 24,000
Sold: CHF 48,300
C. Three-body, polished. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds with seconds ring and four-second Arabic figures. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm, hinged, frosted gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, spring detent escapement with detent set in a slot cut in the back plate, cut bimetallic compensation balance with outer temperature screws and inner mean time nuts, blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring with outer terminal curves, engraved English cock with diamond endstone, the unlocking roller set above the impulse roller. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 54 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 8,000 - 10,000
EUR 5,500 - 7,000
USD 4,800 - 6,000
C. Two-body, drum-shaped, ?fermée? type, hinged top and fixed bottom, the front entirely chiseled and pierced for viewing the hours with 12 openings separated by Minotaur masks, the center with smaller pierced and engraved Minotaur masks, pierced band with hunting scenes, the back with masks and figures in the ?grotesque? manner typical of the German Renaissance. D. Gilt metal, hinged to the case, twelve tactile knob markers for night reading, outer radial Roman 1 to 12-hour chapter ring, engraved inner quarter-hour divisions and innermost chapter with Arabic 13 to 24-hour numerals in the German style, pin-hole formerly for setting the striking, the center, engraved with a rosette, revolving for the alarm. Gilt brass ?tulip? hand. M. 50 mm ø, iron, full plate, four rectangular pillars, C-shaped stackfreed and going barrel, verge escapement, foliot and hog?s bristle mounted on a pivoted, adjustable lever, small iron S-shaped pinned cock, two-wheel alarm train striking on a bell fixed to the inside of the case. Diam. 65 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 7,000 - 10,000
EUR 4,800 - 7,000
USD 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 18,630
C. Drum-shaped fixed top forming the dial, friction-fit back cover engraved with foliate pattern, the band also engraved with same pattern, molded base and top. D. Radial Roman chapter ring with twelve round touch knobs for night reading. The center engraved with 12-ray wind rose. Single iron hand. M. Later, round, 40 mm, two-tier, steel, rectangular columns, C-shaped stackfreed, verge escapement, circular foliot, alarm activated by a lever protruding from its case and activated by the hand. The original detachable steel alarm mechanism with three spring-loaded legs in a case similarly shaped and decorated, a bell at the top. Dim. Height 110 mm, base diam. 50 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
EUR 27,000 - 34,000
USD 24,000 - 30,000
C. Three-body, ?fermée? type, hinged gilt metal covers, both pierced, the front with a Gothic rosette to allow for reading of the dial, the back with an elongated geometrical pattern, smooth lobed band, swivel pendant, loose ring, small gilt finial at the bottom. D. Gilt, 12-hour radial Roman chapter with half-hour divisions, center engraved with a curved flower stem, pin-hole at 9 o?clock for setting the striking. Blued steel hand. M. Oval, 48 x 58 mm, gilt brass full plate, square baluster column pillars, short fusee and cat-gut, five-wheel train, verge escapement, two-arm circular iron balance controlled by a hog?s bristle mounted on adjustable lever moving in unusual back and front manner, small brass S-shaped cock secured by a screw, striking train with brass fixed smooth barrel, gilt count wheel on the back plate, gilt hammer striking on round shallow bell mounted inside the back cover. Dim. 90 x 60 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 17,000 - 21,000
USD 15,000 - 18,000
C. Two-body, elongated octagonal, deep back, cut from a single piece of rock crystal, faceted on the sides and the back, hinged rock crystal front cover faceted en suite fixed to a gold bezel with opaque white champlevé enamel gold frame enameled both on the outside and the inside, small gold pendant, enameled en suite and swivel bow decorated with white and black enamel. D. Oval, gold, radial Roman numerals with half hour divisions, center with opaque white enamel with gold rosette, outer with translucent dark blue enamel over flinqué with small opaque white enamel accents. Steel hand. M. Oval, 22 x 25 mm (back plate), gilt brass full plate, baluster pillars, fixed barrel with engraved outer walls, C-shaped stackfreed, four-wheel train (pinions with 6,5,5,5 leaves), verge escapement, circular steel foliot, hog?s bristle mounted on adjustable pivoted lever, small brass S-shaped cock with wide pierced and engraved foot secured by a screw. Signed on the movement, box bears a label from the Comte de Reisel Collection. Dim. 30 x 37 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 120,000 - 140,000
EUR 80,000 - 95,000
USD 70,000 - 80,000
Sold: CHF 212,500
C. Three-body, ?fermée? type, elongated octagonal, silver faceted covers engraved with Biblical scenes on each facet, outside from the Old Testament, inside from the New Testament, hinged to gilt brass frames engraved with a repeated pattern, silver rectangular band panels also engraved with Biblical scenes, gilt brass pendant in shape of winged angel?s head, loose ring, small silver finial. D. Hinged to the case, champlevé gilt brass Roman hour chapter with half hour divisions applied to a silver octagonal dial plate engraved with a Biblical scene. Brass ?arrow? hand. M. Octagonal, hinged, gilt brass full plate, vase pillars, fusee and cat-gut, short three-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, irregular pinned cock, ratchet wheel and click set-up. Signed on the movement. Dim. 43 x 32 mm. (without pendant and finial)
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 21,000 - 27,000
USD 18,000 - 24,000
C. Two-body, polished, swivel pendant, loose ring, small finial. D. Hinged to the movement, gilt brass Roman hour chapter with half-hour divisions applied to polished silver plate. Blued steel ?tulip? hand. M. Oval 34 x 28 mm, gilt brass, outer border engraved, full plate, vase pillars, fusee and cat-gut, short three-wheel train with five-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, small irregular pinned cock. Signed on the movement. Dim. 39 x 32 mm. (without pendant and finial)
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,000 - 27,000
USD 18,000 - 24,000
Sold: CHF 80,500