Open faced pocket watches

1059 Watches without dial cover

Rare English 18 carat gold open faced chronometer Circa 1795
Gold chronometer by John Arnold & Son – A rare English 18 carat gold open faced pocket chronometer, circa 1795. Gilt finished movement, chain fusée, spring detent escapement, bimetallic Z balance with compensation weights, helical hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman numerals. Plain case. Movement signed…
Diameter
52 mm
Estimate
€ 6.000 - 12.000
Price
€ 7.850
Year sold
2011 NY
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Swiss gold watch with Pouzzait lever escapement Circa 1790
Watch with seconds beating Pouzzait lever escapement by Blanc Père & Fils – A Swiss gold open faced pocket watch with seconds beating Pouzzait lever escapement, circa 1790. Gilt finished movement, chain fusée, large seconds beating four armed mono-metallic balance, Pouzzait lever escapement. White enamel dial…
Diameter
48 mm
Estimate
€ 3.750 - 7.000
Price
€ 3.900
Year sold
2011 NY
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English half quarter repeater with center seconds Circa 1787
Gold repeating verge with center seconds by Thomas Mudge and William Dutton – An English gold pair cased half quarter repeating verge watch with center seconds, circa 1787. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance bridge, diamond endstone, repeating hours, quarters and the…
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 7.500 - 15.000
Price
€ 6.500
Year sold
2011 NY
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French rose gold open faced qaurter repeater Circa 1830
Rose gold quarter repeater by Guillaume Henry Guye – A French 18 carat rose gold open faced quarter repeating keywound pocket watch, circa 1830. Gilt finished cylinder movement, quarter repeating on two gongs activated by pushing the pendant. Hinged gilt cuvette. Rose gold dial with engine…
Diameter
54 mm
Estimate
€ 2.500 - 4.000
Price
€ 1.850
Year sold
2011 NY
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Oversized English open faced verge with alarm Circa 1725
Silver verge with alarm by Windmills & Bennet – An English oversized silver open faced verge watch with alarm, circa 1725. Gilt finished verge movement, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, chain fusée, engraved alarm barrel, later alarm bell. Silver dial with gilt-brass surround, Roman…
Diameter
62 mm
Estimate
€ 5.000 - 10.000
Price
€ 6.950
Year sold
2011 NY
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French tortoiseshell astronomical verge watch Circa 1678
Astronomical watch by Samuel Panier – A rare French silver and tortoiseshell pair cased astronomical pre hairspring verge watch, circa 1678. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, steel pre hairspring balance wheel. Gilt foliate engraved dial plate, three subsidiary…
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 15.000 - 30.000
Price
€ 24.000
Year sold
2011 NY
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Dutch silver pair cased astronomical verge watch Circa 1760
Astronomical watch by Gerrit Knip – A rare Dutch silver pair cased astronomical verge watch, circa 1760. Gilt verge movement, pierced and engraved balance bridge, baluster pillars. Silver dial with engraved and blackened arched Roman VI-VI hour sector, outer plain cartouches with engraved and blackened Arabic…
Diameter
51 mm
Estimate
€ 5.000 - 10.000
Price
€ 5.100
Year sold
2011 NY
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English 18 carat gold pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1710
Gold pair cased verge by Daniel Delander – An English 18 carat gold pair cased verge watch, circa 1710. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, pierced Egyptian pillars. Gold dial with masked center and Roman numerals. Plain inner case,…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 9.000
Price
€ 5.550
Year sold
2011 NY
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Rare French oignon verge with mock pendulum Circa 1690
Gilt-brass oignon watch by Pia – A rare French gilt-brass oignon verge watch with mock pendulum, circa 1690. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved balance bridge with aperture revealing the mock pendulum, pierced Egyptian pillars. Gilt engraved dial and white enamel cartouches with Roman numerals.
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 3.000 - 6.000
Price
€ 4.450
Year sold
2011 NY
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English 20k gold quarter repeating verge watch Circa 1760
Gold quarter repeater by Debeaufre – An English 20 carat gold quarter repeating verge watch, circa 1730. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, push repeat striking on a bell, dust cover. Gold dial with Roman numerals. Inner case elaborately…
Diameter
48 mm
Estimate
€ 3.000 - 5.000
Price
€ 3.500
Year sold
2011 NY
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Rare, early French gilt-brass oignon verge watch Circa 1670
Oignon watch by Baltazar Martinot – A rare and early French gilt-brass oignon verge watch, circa 1670. Gilt-finished full plate verge movement, chain fusée, Egyptian pillars, Louis XIV-style balance cock pierced and engraved with mock pendulum aperture. White enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and single…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 8.000
Price
€ 5.100
Year sold
2011 NY
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Fine English silver pair cased verge clock watch Circa 1680
Silver verge clock watch by John Finch – An English silver pair cased verge clock watch, circa 1680. Gilt finished verge movement, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, pierced and engraved barrel to the striking train striking on a bell with strike silent…
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 4.000 - 8.000
Price
€ 4.650
Year sold
2011 NY
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English silver verge watch with mock pendulum Circa 1728
Silver verge with mock pendulum by Thomas Gorsuch – An English silver open faced verge pocket watch with mock pendulum, circa 1728. Large gilt-brass verge movement, chain fusée, engraved balance cock, plain balance with mock pendulum, engraved foot and top plate, pierced Egyptian pillars. Silvered dial,…
Diameter
54 mm
Estimate
€ 2.500 - 5.000
Price
€ 3.500
Year sold
2011 NY
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German gilt-metal quarter repeater watch with date Circa 1680
Quarter repeating verge with date by Gottfridt – A gilt metal quarter repeating verge watch with date, circa 1680. Gilt finished verge watch, chain fusée, pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, pierced Egyptian pillars, quarter repeating on a bell activated through the pendant. Gilt engraved…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 5.000 - 10.000
Price
€ 5.550
Year sold
2011 NY
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Fine English silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1790
Silver repeater in pair cases by Matthew & Thomas Dutton – An English silver pair cased repeating verge with associated shagreen outer case, circa 1790. Gilt verge movement, pierced and engraved masked balance cock, diamond endstone, repeating with two hammers onto a bell, gilt metal dust…
Diameter
48 mm
Estimate
€ 1.500 - 3.000
Price
€ 2.600
Year sold
2011 NY
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Exceptional and historically important clockwatch Circa 1918
Gold repeating grande and petite sonnerie chronograph – An exceptional, monumental and historically important Swiss 20 carat gold open faced two-train trip 7½ minute repeating grande and petite sonnerie chronograph clock watch, circa 1918. Nickel-finished two-train lever movement, 43 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, bimetallic compensation balance,…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 300.000 - 600.000
Price
€ 1.304.250
Year sold
2011 NY
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Rare English 18 carat gold open faced chronometer Circa 1795

Swiss gold watch with Pouzzait lever escapement Circa 1790

English half quarter repeater with center seconds Circa 1787

French rose gold open faced qaurter repeater Circa 1830

Oversized English open faced verge with alarm Circa 1725

French tortoiseshell astronomical verge watch Circa 1678

Dutch silver pair cased astronomical verge watch Circa 1760

English 18 carat gold pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1710

Rare French oignon verge with mock pendulum Circa 1690

English 20k gold quarter repeating verge watch Circa 1760

Rare, early French gilt-brass oignon verge watch Circa 1670

Fine English silver pair cased verge clock watch Circa 1680

English silver verge watch with mock pendulum Circa 1728

German gilt-metal quarter repeater watch with date Circa 1680

Fine English silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1790

Exceptional and historically important clockwatch Circa 1918

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