French pocket watches

1034 Antique pocket watches from France and French watchmakers

French gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1890
Gold hunting cased lever watch – A fine 18 Carat gold French hunting cased keyless quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1890. Jewelled nickel plate movement with cut and compensated bimetallic balance and over coiled spring, two polished hammers striking on a gong. White enamel dial with painted…
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 8.000
Price
€ 3.150
Year sold
2011 LD
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French rare quarter repeating Breguet pocket watch Circa 1821
Gold quarter repeating pocket watch by Breguet – A French fine and rare 18 carat gold key wound open faced repeating pocket watch, circa 1821. Sold on march 3rd 1821 to Mr Dussumier for 1452 francs. Jewelled movement with 3-arm balance, parachute regulation and compensating curb, blued steel…
Diameter
53 mm
Estimate
€ 15.000 - 30.000
Price
€ 12.100
Year sold
2011 LD
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French single-handed pair-cased verge watch Circa 1660
Gilt-brass single-handed pocket watch by Etienne Hubert – A fine and rare French gilt-brass key-winding Bassine-type pocket watch with open face, circa 1660. Full plate, gilded fire brass movement, baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance with two arms (polished steel), pierced and engraved gilded…
Diameter
34 mm
Estimate
€ 11.000 - 20.000
Price
€ 13.300
Year sold
2020 GN
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French gilt-brass oignon-type verge pocket watch Circa 1680
Single-handed oignon-type watch with open face by Jean Hubert – A French gilt-brass key-winding oignon-type pocket watch without fusee, circa 1680. Full plate, gilded fire brass movement, Louis XIII pillars, fixed barrel, verge escapement, monometallic balance with four arms (polished steel) and blued steel flat early hairspring,…
Diameter
54 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 7.000
Price
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Year sold
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Large French silver repeating oignon-type pocket watch Circa 1720
Silver repeating oignon-type watch by Pascal Hubert – A very fine and rare, pair-cased French key-winding quarter repeating oignon-type pocket watch with open face, circa 1720. Full plate, fire-gilded brass movement, Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance with three arms, and blued steel flat…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 3.500 - 6.000
Price
€ 2.800
Year sold
2020 GN
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French single-handed pair-cased verge watch Circa 1660
Gilded brass and leather single-handed pocket watch by Estienne Hubert – A French gilded brass key-winding verge Bassine-type pocket watch, circa 1660. Full plate movement, fire gilded brass, Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance with two arms (polished steel), pierced and engraved gilded continental…
Diameter
43 mm
Estimate
€ 12.500 - 22.500
Price
€ 8.950
Year sold
2020 GN
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French silver pair-cased pocket watch with alarm Circa 1680
Silver and shark skin Bassine-type watch by Jerome Martinot – A French silver pair-cased Bassine–type pocket watch with early balance spring, central key-winding, and alarm, circa 1680. Full plate movement, fire gilded brass, Egyptian pillars, fixed barrel, verge escapement, monometallic balance with three arms (polished steel) and…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 7.000 - 12.500
Price
€ 3.550
Year sold
2020 GN
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Small French octagonal miniature pendant watch Circa 1640
Silver and gilt brass pendant watch by Hierosme Grébauval – An extremely rare and small French silver and gilt brass octagonal miniature pendant watch, circa 1640 Fire gilt full plate movement, verge escapement, chain and fusee, monometallic balance with two arms (gilded brass), fine florally engraved, pierced…
Diameter
-
Estimate
€ 15.000 - 30.000
Price
€ 18.800
Year sold
2020 GN
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French silver and enamel open faced verge watch Circa 1795
Silver and enamel verge watch – A French fine silver open faced verge watch with painted enamel dial, circa 1795. Gilt full plate verge movement with pierced and engraved central balance cock, silvered regulation, Centralized small white enamel dial with painted Grecian woman and dove surrounding an…
Diameter
52 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 2.500
Price
€ 950
Year sold
2011 LD
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French yellow gold minute repeating chronograph Circa 1900
Minute repeating chronograph with minute recorder by L. Leroy – A very fine and rare 18K yellow gold keyless-winding pocket watch with minute-repeater, chronograph, and minute recorder, circa 1900. Gilded brass with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold and platinum poising screws…
Diameter
54 mm
Estimate
€ 7.500 - 12.500
Price
€ 9.500
Year sold
2020 GN
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Very small French 18K rose gold pocket watch Circa 1880
Gold cylinder watch by Le Roy & Cie – Very small French 18K rose gold keyless pocket watch, circa 1880. The back cover is engraved with a foliage pattern and a hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with blue radial Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minute track and…
Diameter
19 mm
Estimate
€ 900 - 1.750
Price
€ 950
Year sold
2011 NY
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French gold skeletonized open faced quarter repeater Circa 1820
Gold skeletonized quarter repeater by Le Roy – A 18 carat gold French open faced skeletonised quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1820. Pierced and engraved skeletonised cylinder movement with central pierced and engraved balance-cock with three-arm balance, silvered regulation disc, two polished hammers striking on a gong.
Diameter
54 mm
Estimate
€ 3.750 - 7.000
Price
€ 3.750
Year sold
2010 LD
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French extremely rare gold repeating virgule watch Circa 1787
Gold quarter repeater à toc – A French 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating à toc key wind pocket watch with secret opening mechanism made by Jean-Antoine Lépine in Paris, circa 1787. The gilded brass movement features a virgule escapement with brass wheel, freestanding going barrel,…
Diameter
51 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 9.000
Price
€ 3.100
Year sold
2020 GN
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French silver pocket watch with wandering hours Circa 1820
Silver verge pocket watch by Mathieu à Rouen – An extremely rare and complicated French pocket watch with wandering hour, Breguet type, circa 1820. Silver case of very good quality with maker’s mark TF, French silver hallmarks, case number 6619/6620, and signed and numbered dome. Signed enamel…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 5.500 - 10.000
Price
€ 6.650
Year sold
2020 GN
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Rare French gold half quarter repeating watch Circa 1810
Gold repeating lever watch by Breguet – A fine, rare and large French 18 carat gold open faced half quarter repeating key-wound lever pocket watch with a special striking train, circa 1810. The watch features a gilded brass Lépine movement with skeletonized and partly engraved bridges, a free-standing…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 20.000 - 40.000
Price
-
Year sold
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French rock crystal open faced keyless dress watch Circa 1910
Rock crystal pre Art Deco watch – A rare French rock crystal, platinum, 18 carat yellow gold, enamel and diamond set open faced keyless pre Art Deco pocket watch by Cartier in Paris, circa 1910-1915. Movement with lever escapement, 18 jewels and eight adjustments. Two tone silvered…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 17.500
Price
€ 11.300
Year sold
2020 HK
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French gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1890

French rare quarter repeating Breguet pocket watch Circa 1821

French single-handed pair-cased verge watch Circa 1660

French gilt-brass oignon-type verge pocket watch Circa 1680

Large French silver repeating oignon-type pocket watch Circa 1720

French single-handed pair-cased verge watch Circa 1660

French silver pair-cased pocket watch with alarm Circa 1680

Small French octagonal miniature pendant watch Circa 1640

French silver and enamel open faced verge watch Circa 1795

French yellow gold minute repeating chronograph Circa 1900

Very small French 18K rose gold pocket watch Circa 1880

French gold skeletonized open faced quarter repeater Circa 1820

French extremely rare gold repeating virgule watch Circa 1787

French silver pocket watch with wandering hours Circa 1820

Rare French gold half quarter repeating watch Circa 1810

French rock crystal open faced keyless dress watch Circa 1910

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