French pocket watches

1034 Antique pocket watches from France and French watchmakers

French gold lever with 18 Carat gold Cartier long chain Circa 1985
Gold open faced keyless lever and long chain by Cartier – A very fine, elegant and very thin French 18 Carat gold open faced keyless lever dress watch with a fine 18 Carat gold Cartier long chain, made in the 1980s. Rhodium plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 17…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 7.500
Price
€ 5.650
Year sold
2010 HK
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French presentation watch for King Farouk of Egypt Circa 1935
Gold and enamel lever dress watch – A very fine and rare French 18 carat gold and painted on enamel open faced keyless lever dress watch, circa 1935. A presentation watch specially made for King Farouk of Egypt. Rhodium-plated movement, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation…
Diameter
47 mm
Estimate
€ 3.500 - 7.000
Price
€ 5.650
Year sold
2010 HK
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French gold lever chronograph with register Circa 1905
Gold chronograph with instantaneous 30-minute register by Leroy & Cie – A fine and rare French 18 Carat gold open faced chronograph keyless lever pocket watch with instantaneous 30-minute register, circa 1905. Rhodium-plated movement, 21 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance…
Diameter
46 mm
Estimate
€ 2.500 - 4.500
Price
€ 2.900
Year sold
2010 HK
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French rose gold quarter repeating virgule pocket watch Circa 1820
Rose gold watch with virgule escapement by Breguet – A fine French 18 carat rose gold quarter repeating open faced virgule pocket watch, circa 1820. Matte gilt movement, standing barrel, four jewels, virgule escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 2.250 - 4.500
Price
€ 2.150
Year sold
2010 HK
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French gold dumb quarter repeating pendant watch Circa 1785
Gold and enamel open faced repeating cylinder watch by Vauchez – A fine French 18 carat gold and enamel open faced dumb quarter repeating cylinder pendant watch, circa 1785. Frosted gilt full plate movement cut away for the going barrel, cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance with…
Diameter
40 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 7.000
Price
€ 4.300
Year sold
2010 HK
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French 18 Carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1820
Gold quarter repeating pocket watch – A French quarter repeating rare and beautiful cylinder pocket watch in the style of Breguet, circa 1820. Small round gold case. Silver guilloché dial with Roman numerals with cartridges and Breguet hands in blued steel, small second hand off center at…
Diameter
34 mm
Estimate
€ 7.500 - 12.500
Price
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Year sold
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French/Swiss 18k gold watch with exposed movement Circa 1860
Gold watch with small white enamel dial – A fine, large French, 18K gold pocket watch with exposed movement constructed in the manner of a Breguet montre de souscription a tact, circa 1860. Made in Switzerland. Polished bezels, coin-edge band, the back engraved with a scene of a…
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 2.500 - 6.000
Price
€ 6.650
Year sold
2006 HK
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French gold single handed cylinder pocket watch Circa 1802
Gold and silver cylinder watch by Brequet – A very fine and rare French, silver and gold, montre de souscription pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement, circa 1802. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate. Sold to monsieur Malzoff, a Russian officer. An engine-turned band, gold bezels and bow, the…
Diameter
62 mm
Estimate
€ 20.000 - 30.000
Price
€ 22.300
Year sold
2006 HK
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French gold pivoted detent watch with tourbillon Circa 1877
Gold full hunter with pivoted detent escapement by Papon – A very fine and rare French gold hunting cased pocket watch with a one-minute tourbillon, circa 1877. 18 Carat gold, engine-turned, à goutte case with engraved gold dome: Papon à Bordeaux, Chronomètre, Echappement tourbillon à Ressort et…
Diameter
52 mm
Estimate
€ 40.000 - 65.000
Price
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French 20K gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1780
Gold and enamel repeating à toc verge watch – A very fine French 20K gold and enamel open faced quarter repeating à toc verge pocket watch, circa 1780. A Louis XVI case, the spring-loaded bezel, released by a concealed pin-catch, decorated with a leaf and berry pattern highlighted…
Diameter
40 mm
Estimate
€ 4.000 - 7.500
Price
€ 4.600
Year sold
2006 HK
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French chronometer in manner of Louis Berthoud Circa 1830
Silver open faced chronometer by Julien Huguenin – Important, large French open faced chronometer in manner of Louis Berthoud, circa 1830. Engine turned silver case with gold hinges, case punched. Cuvette inscribed: Construit a Paris en 1830 par Julien Huguenin. Pivoted spring detent chronometer movement with extra-large chronometer…
Diameter
67 mm
Estimate
€ 9.000 - 20.000
Price
€ 16.800
Year sold
2015
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French platinum diamond-set lady’s pendant watch Circa 1910
Platinum, diamond-set watch with brooch – A fine and elegant French, platinum and diamond-set, keyless lady’s pendant watch with the original platinum and diamond-set detachable bow-brooch, circa 1910. The bezel, band and bow are set entirely with rose-cut diamonds, the winding crown is set with a large rose-cut…
Diameter
24 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 16.000
Price
€ 12.750
Year sold
2006 HK
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French platinum diamond-set lady’s pendant watch Circa 1900
Platinum, diamond-set watch with chain – A very fine and extremely elegant French, platinum and diamond-set, keyless lady’s pendant watch with the original platinum and diamond-set fine chain, circa 1900. The bezel, band, winding crown and swivel suspension loop entirely set with rose-cut diamonds, the back entirely…
Diameter
25 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 16.000
Price
€ 12.100
Year sold
2006 HK
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French/Swiss gold hunting cased lever dress watch Circa 1938-1939
Gold keyless lever by Cartier – A very fine, rare and extra slim French/Swiss 18 carat gold hunting cased keyless lever dress watch, circa 1938-1939. Rhodium-plated movement by European Watch and Clock Co Inc., 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to two positions, blued…
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 5.000 - 9.000
Price
€ 5.950
Year sold
2010 GN
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Extra thin French/Swiss platinum lever dress watch Circa 1938
Platinum hunting cased keyless lever – An extremely fine, very rare and extra thin French/Swiss platinum hunting cased knife edged (montre couteau) keyless dress watch made by Cartier in Paris, circa 1938. The rhodium plated movement by European Watch & Clock Co Inc. with 19 jewels, a…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 8.000 - 15.000
Price
€ 11.950
Year sold
2010 GN
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Very early French gold anti magnetic chronograph Circa 1910
Gold anti magnetic lever chronograph with register by L. Leroy & Cie – A very fine, extremely rare and very early French 18 carat gold open faced anti magnetic chronograph keyless lever pocket watch with instantaneous 30-minute register, circa 1910. Chronographe Ecran Paramagnétique. Frosted gilt movement, 21 jewels,…
Diameter
52 mm
Estimate
€ 2.500 - 4.500
Price
€ 3.250
Year sold
2010 GN
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French gold lever with 18 Carat gold Cartier long chain Circa 1985

French presentation watch for King Farouk of Egypt Circa 1935

French gold lever chronograph with register Circa 1905

French rose gold quarter repeating virgule pocket watch Circa 1820

French gold dumb quarter repeating pendant watch Circa 1785

French 18 Carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1820

French/Swiss 18k gold watch with exposed movement Circa 1860

French gold single handed cylinder pocket watch Circa 1802

French gold pivoted detent watch with tourbillon Circa 1877

French 20K gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1780

French chronometer in manner of Louis Berthoud Circa 1830

French platinum diamond-set lady’s pendant watch Circa 1910

French platinum diamond-set lady’s pendant watch Circa 1900

French/Swiss gold hunting cased lever dress watch Circa 1938-1939

Extra thin French/Swiss platinum lever dress watch Circa 1938

Very early French gold anti magnetic chronograph Circa 1910

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