This is a typical example of a puritan watch, so named because of the plain aspect of the case and dial, in keeping with the strict code of behavior enforced in England, under the government of Oliver Cromwell, which forbade any open display of wealth. Provenance: Maryatt Collection.

C. Two-body, ?bassine? with deep back, polished, split bezel, small pendant, loose ring. D. Silver, mounted on a heavy hinged brass dial plate, central silver disc with an engraved cherub standing on an hourglass and pointing the hours with an arrow, innermost hour ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals and half hour divisions with inner champlevé red enamel quarter-hour divisions and outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic figures, then a small brass ring with a pointer indicating date, and outermost champlevé red enamel 31-day date ring. M. 42 mm, gilt brass, pinned to the dial plate, full plate, Egyptian pillars, fusee and cat-gut, short three-wheel train with 5-leaf pinions, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, later irregular cock pierced and engraved with wild strawberries secured by a screw, worm-gear and pinion mainspring set-up with silver scale plate. Signed on the movement. Diam. 52 mm.

Unsigned, German, circa 1690. Extremely rare and important gilt brass folding knife fitted with a single-hand watch.

C. Both sides of the handle similarly engraved with a scrolling pattern, the edges engraved with a geometrical pattern, a watch fitted in the middle of the handle, polished hinged and glazed bezel. D. Silver with radial Roman champlevé numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, center with a chased flower. Blued steel ?beetle? hand. M. Shaped, brass, full plate, fusee and chain, four-wheel train, verge escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring. Length when folded 105 mm.

Theagenes and Chariclea J. Van Ceulen Le Jeune, Hagae, No. 1378, circa 1710, enamel by Robert Vauquer, Blois, circa 1660. Magnificent gold, silver, enamel and gem-set pair-cased watch.

C. Outer: double-body bassine, the bezels of pierced silver leaf work entirely set with rose diamonds, 8 larger stones paired with 8 large rubies. The outside back inset with a finely painted on enamel panel depicting Theagenes and Chariclea, after Charles Poerson (1609-1667), on the inside, Venus and Adonis in a country setting, with Amor in the background. Inner: double body, ?bassine? with deep back, polished. D. Gold champlevé with fine matte grain, radial Roman hour numerals with rose-diamond half hour marks, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic figures on polished cartouches. Blued steel ?beetle-and poker? hands. M. 40 mm, gilt brass full plate, fusee with chain, square baluster pillars, verge escapement, three-arm plain steel balance, flat balance spring with 2 1/2 turns, Tompion rack and pinion regulator, English pierced and engraved cock with streamers and mask at the neck. Signed on the dial and movement. Diam. 57 mm.

M&P, Geneva, circa 1785. Very fine and extremely rare small 20K varicolored gold oval snuff box with carillon playing four automatically changing tunes on bells.

C. Three-body, oval, the lid revealing a compartment, centered by applied varicolored gold symbols of love with a mandolin, a quiver with love arrows and a dove among applied flowers, oval polished frame, applied laurel-leaf garlands, matte border with applied acanthus leaves, the sides similarly decorated with four oval medallions, each with applied multicolored gold symbols of love, marriage and prosperity, applied laurel-leaf garlands above and below, geometrically engraved lower border, the hinged base revealing the musical movement centered with a medallion of applied gold decorated similarly to the one on the lid, with applied green gold laurel-leaf garlands. M. Skeletonized, gilt brass, fusee and chain, five-wheel train, fly governor, pinned barrel, nest of five bells with five hammers, each with its adjustable banking lever, activation by a push-button at the back of the box. Stamped with the maker?s mark inside front lid. Dim. 68 x 51 mm, height 34 mm.

Frères Rochat, Geneva, No. 456, made for the Chinese market, circa 1825. Beautiful and rare small 18K varicolored gold and enamel singing bird box in original Morocco fitted box.

C. Three-body, rectangular with rounded corners, the top with applied varicolored floral and foliate patterns with two butterflies and four cornucopias with flowers, the spring-loaded bird cover finely painted on enamel with a flower bouquet, engine-turned side panels with edges of applied green gold laurel leaf pattern, back panel hinged to reveal key compartment, slide in the front to activate raising of the bird, which rotates, turns its head, opens its beak, flaps its wings and moves its tail. The bird is facing the inside of the medallion which is mirror-polished and concave, enlarging the bird in its reflection, gold engraved grill. Singing bird movement. 74 x 41 mm, rectangular brass, fusee and chain, eight cams and a whistle with sliding piston for the song's modulation. The cams rotate four times per song and lift one step every rotation, allowing a long duration of singing. Cam-controlled raising of the bird medallion and the bird, with five-wheel train finished by a pinion in eccentric bushing to regulate the speed of the opening and closing. The complicated mechanism allows for precision control of the raising of the bird and medallion, and its speed. Stamped ?FR? in an oval on the back of the bird mechanism. Dim. 78 x 52 mm.

Lépine, Invenit et Fecit, a Paris, No. 5431, circa 1789. Very fine and possibly unique 18K gold center-seconds watch with true equation of time and early lever escapement.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, spring-loaded back, concealed hinges, gilt brass detachable cuvette. D. White, enamel by Morimont with Lépine mixed Roman and Arabic numerals, figure ?1? in a circle, outer minute and seconds divisions and outermost five-minute/seconds red Arabic figures. Polished steel skeletonized ?Fleur de lis? hands. M. 50 mm, gilt brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, early lever escapement, gold escape wheel with the lift mostly on the pallets, steel pallet fork with early unusual planes with banking against escape wheel arbor, no draw, three-arm brass balance set under the dial, flat balance spring with a regulator controlled by compensation curb, entire going train jeweled with escapement with endstones, planetary gearing equation mechanism driven from the fusee, interesting setting mechanism with the spring-loaded setting wheel with special engaging mechanism, the connection of the motion train with the equation train is quite ingenious, the motion train is driven from a friction-fit 8-leaf pinion, ?A?. Mounted on the extended third wheel arbor, it drives the canon pinion with 48 teeth to which by means of a small hairspring is set a revolving equation hand 24-tooth wheel which engages with a minute wheel set on the 3rd wheel arbor and consequently with the hour wheel pinion. The equation minute hand displacement is realized by a lever pivoted around the center of the minute wheel and geared by the equation rack controlled by the equation cam, on the free end of the lever is pivoted a reduction planetary wheel which, rotating around the pinion ?A?, turns the equation hand wheel which meshes with its pinion. Adjusting pin protruding from the movement at 5 o?clock. Signed on dial and cuvette. Diam. 61mm.

Montre à Longitude Ferdinand Berthoud, No. 76, constructed for him by his pupil and sole collaborator Jean Martin in 1804, on the model of that of No. 73, invented by Ferdinand Berthoud in 1775. Extremely fine and unique silver Astronomical watch with dead center-seconds, special chronometer escapement, balance amplitude indication, stop feature, reverse fusee and automatic locking when power goes to zero.

C. Four-body, large, by Pierre Lamet, No. 156, ?Empire?, polished, with molded bezels, silver hinged cuvette. D. Silver, eccentric, set at the top, Roman numerals and outermost minute ring with inner Arabic five-minute figures, silver seconds ring on the border. Frosted and gilt dial plate with glazed aperture for the balance amplitude indication. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 61 mm, brass, full plate, reversed fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, fine going train with high number of teeth and leaves, early form of pivoted detent with double-locking pallets with a special steadying spring, three-arm plain brass balance with three large friction rollers, jeweled endstones, blued steel flat balance spring mounted in a stud between two blocks without the slightest distortion in shape, the stud has a slot in the middle for a screw, this arrangement allowing the balance spring to be set concentrically with the balance staff, sugar tong bimetallic compensation fixed to a regulating rack, small lever protruding from under the dial at 12:30 to stop the watch in order to be able to set it correctly. Signed on the dial plate: ?No. 76, Ferdinand Berthoud Inv(enit), Jean Martin Exé(cutée) AN 1806?, case punched with casemaker's mark and French guarantee marks. Diam. 69 mm.

Louis Berthoud, Paris, No 44, completed on Pluviose 24, year IX (February 13, 1801), sold to Citoyen Delambre, Administrator of the Board of Longitudes, for the Account of the Citoyen Ministre de l?Intérieur, to be sent to Egypt. Resold to the Department of the Marine on May 10, 1817, for the Senegal expedition and delivered to Vice Admiral Rosily, after examination by Monsieur Burkhard, Director of the Ecole Militaire Observatory. Extremely fine and almost certainly unique silver pocket chronometer with 24-hour regulator dial.

C. Two-body, ?double fond? (as described by the maker), made by Joly, stamped with French guarantee marks. D. White flat enamel, made by Lucard, 24-hour Arabic chapter set at the top, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic figures, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?double swell? hands. M. 55 mm, gilt brass, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, pivoted detent chronometer escapement of Louis Berthoud design, three-arm bimetallic compensation balance with three temperature adjustment wedged weights with three gold and platinum screws each, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring, detent banking to an eccentric post of adjustable screw with tension from a long delicate spring, escapement jeweled, case locking block at 4 o?clock. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 68 mm.

Probably Dubois et Fils, Locle, circa 1800, made for the Chinese market. Very fine and very rare pair of 18K gold, diamond-set, dead center-seconds watches, with Pouzait escapement and stop feature.

C. Two-body, ?Directoire?, polished. D. White enamel, upright Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 4 o?clock. Gold ?Arrow? hands. M. 50 mm, gilt brass full plate, fixed barrel, slow-beat Pouzait lever escapement with large diamond-set balance with four curved arms set in the center of the back plate, large safety roller acting on a single pin set on one of the arms and acting on inside and outside walls depending if the entry or exit pallet is engaged, small lever protruding at 3 o?clock to stop the watch. Diam. 58 mm.

Breguet et Fils, No. 2669, sold on May 7, 1813 to Monsieur Anisson for 600 francs, accompanied by certificate. Very fine, large, two-tone silver and gold ?souscription? watch in Breguet Morocco fitted box.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, No. 285 by Ami Gros, polished, gold bezels, hinges and bow. D. White enamel, by Borel No. 247, secret signature, Breguet numerals, outer five-minute divisions, secured by screw. Single blued steel pointed hand. M. 57 mm, gilt brass, four-wheel souscription caliber with central barrel wound on both sides, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, escapement jeweled. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 62 mm.

Breguet, No. 874, ?donnée en confiance? in Germinal an 10 (March 22 - April 20, 1802) to Monsieur Leleu for 600 francs. Very fine, large, two-tone silver and gold ?souscription? watch in Breguet Morocco fitted box.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, by Joly, polished, gold bezels, hinges and bow. D. White enamel, by Borel No. 116, secret signature below 12 o?clock, small radial Breguet numerals, inner five-minute divisions, secured by two feet. Single blued steel pointed hand. M. 57 mm, gilt brass, four-wheel souscription caliber with central barrel wound on both sides, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, escapement jeweled. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 61 mm.

Breguet et Fils, No. 1580, sold to Lord Landerdal on February 24, 1807, for 2,200 Francs. Very fine 20K gold jump-hour quarter-repeating à toc watch accompanied by a Breguet morocco fitted box.

C. ?Empire?, by Joly, No. 1198, barleycorn engine-turned back, band reeded in unusual double pattern, gold hinged cuvette with winding aperture. D. Gold, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center and outer border, subsidiary sunk seconds between 4 and 5 o?clock, secured by a screw. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 51 mm (22 1/2???), gilt brass, bar caliber, hanging barrel with Breguet continuous stop-work, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, train jeweled to the center wheel, compensation curb, pare-chute elastic suspension on the top pivot, repeating on a gold block fixed to the case by a single hammer via pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the dial and cuvette, movement punched with the serial number under the dial. Diam. 55 mm.

Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 127, sold on April 27, 1835, to Baron Delmare for 1,800 francs. Very fine two-tone 20K gold and silver quarter-repeating watch, accompanied by a Breguet morocco fitted box.

C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes? No. 4089, by Tavernier, engine-turned, silver band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds at 5 o?clock, secured by a single foot. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 42 mm (19???), gilt brass, bar caliber, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, compensation curb, pare-chute elastic suspension on the top pivot, jeweled escapement, repeating on two gongs with two hammers by pull-and-twist piston at 2 o?clock on the band. Signed on dial and case. Diam. 48 mm.

Breguet et Fils, No. 3537, sold to Countess Alexandrine Laval on July 17, 1821, for 1,180 Francs. Rare and fine platinum and gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, forme ?collier?, polished, reeded band, bezels with yellow gold edges, white gold hinged cuvette. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned whitened center, subsidiary sunk seconds at 5 o?clock. M. 46 mm (20???), gilt metal, bar caliber with hanging barrel, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pare-chute elastic suspension on the top pivot. Signed on dial and case. Diam. 52 mm.

Breguet, No. 2444, manufactured in 1808, sold on April 4, 1810, to Francesco Bor- ghese, Prince de Aldobrandini, for the sum of 3,000 Francs. Bought back by Breguet on April 8, 1814, for 2,000 francs, sent by Breguet to Wenham, his agent in St. Petersburg, on July 4, 1814, for the sum of 3,000 francs, and sold to General Davidoff. Very fine and thin 18K gold and enamel jump-hour half quarter-repeating watch.

C. Four-body, ?quatre baguette? form, by Tavernier, engine-turned with General Davidoff?s coat-of-arms under translucent umber enamel in the center of the back, gold detachable cuvette. D. Silver, by Tavernier No. 328, secret signatures on both sides of the figure ?12?, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center and outer edge, secured by a screw. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 33 mm (17???), gilt brass, bar caliber, hanging barrel, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement with unusual small 8-tooth escape wheel with holes instead of the usual spokes, gilt three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pare-chute elastic suspension on top pivot, going train jeweled to the center, repeating with a single hammer via intermediate block on a short single gong by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Diam. 42 mm.

Romeo & Juliet Bovet, Fleurier, made for the Chinese market, circa 1830. Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, pearl-set watch with ruby duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, solid, back cover with a finely painted on enamel scene depicting a young man embracing a young lady with another standing behind, perhaps a scene from Shakespeare?s ?Romeo and Juliet?, band in translucent scarlet enamel set with half pearls forming flowers, pearl-set bezels on blue enamel ground, gold engine-turned cuvette hinged to the movement adapter ring, pearl-set pendant and bow decorated en suite in blue and scarlet enamels. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 47 mm, unusual gilt brass bridge caliber, fully engraved, standing barrel, ruby duplex escapement, plain five-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, escapement jeweled and capped with diamond balance endstone. Signed on the movement. Diam. 58 mm.

Lavinia receiving the letter Piguet et Meylan, Geneva, No. 3977/83, made for the Chinese market, circa 1825. Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, quarter-repeating watch.

C. Four-body, basket-shaped, with asymmetrical concave band, back with finely painted on enamel scene depicting the scene of Lavinia receiving the letter from Thompson?s ?Seasons?, Alpine landscape in the background, band, bezels, pendant and bow set with half pearls alternating with dark blue translucent champlevé enamel, gold hinged cuvette finely decorated with champlevé enamel. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel skeletonized ?tulip? hands. M. 43 mm, gilt brass, bridge caliber, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring with compensation curb, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Punched with the maker?s mark on the pillar plate under the dial. Diam. 53 mm.

Family Scene Probably Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, No. 4346, made for the Chinese market, circa 1826. Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, 8-day going quarter-repeating watch.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, back cover finely painted with a scene depicting a mother playing with her children, ruins in the background, band set with pearls in a chevron pattern alternating with black champlevé enamel, bezels set with two rows of large and smaller calibrated half pearls, pearl-set pendant and bow, gold hinged cuvette finely engraved with flowers, fruits, and a quiver of love arrows. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?Serpent? hands. M. 45 mm, gilt brass, bridge caliber, large barrel to last for eight days, usual four-wheel train, cylinder escapement three-arm plain brass balance, flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Diam. 55 mm.

?Mille Fleurs? Bovet, Fleurier, No. 2406, circa 1840, made for the Chinese market. Very fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel pearl-set dead center-seconds watch with special movement and Chinese duplex escapement.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, spring-loaded back cover superbly decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel floral and foliate patterns, pearl-set bezels, reeded band, glazed cuvette hinged to the movement adapter ring, pearl-set pendant and bow. D. White enamel, fine elongated radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel ?spoon? hands. M. 48 mm, frosted and gilt fully engraved ?Chinese? caliber, additionally decorated in an unusual manner by application of multicolored gold flowers on the plate, bridges, and standing barrel, 12 jewels, Chinese ruby duplex escapement, plain three-arm steel balance with blued steel wedged weights, flat balance spring. Signed in Chinese characters inside back cover which is also punched with Geneva?s mark and casemaker?s mark ?CB?. Diam. 57 mm.

The Swan Fountain Unsigned, Geneva, made for the Spanish market, circa 1820. Extremely fine and rare 18K gold and enamel pearl-set center-seconds quarter-repeating watch with visible repeating works set on the back plate.

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, back painted on enamel with a castle, in the foreground a portique with three pearl-set columns, the cornice and base also set with pearls, a fountain in the shape of a pearl-set swan with its neck raised forming the water outlet, depicted by a gold stream and pearl droplets, enameled Alpine background, pearl-set bezels, reeded band, gold hinged glazed cuvette. D. Gold with blue and black champlevé enamel, set with pearls, pearl-set radial Roman numerals on blue enamel ring, black enamel outer minute ring, blue enamel markers, in the center a blue enamel wind rose in champlevé enamel and graduated pearls, alternating with champlevé pearl-set palmettes, against a black enamel background. Gold ?arrowhead? hands. M. 51 mm, gilt brass full plate, cylinder escapement three-arm plain brass balance flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Diam. 60 mm.