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1059 Watches without dial cover

French fine 18K gold enamel pocket watch Circa 1790 / 1890
Pocket watch with high quality Orient pearls – A fine gold enamel pocket watch with high quality Orient pearls, made in France (?) circa 1790 / 1890. The excellent quality open faced case with a small integrated opening button was crafted in 1790 from 18 Carat gold and…
Diameter
42 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 2.500
Price
€ 1.300
Year sold
2022
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Very rare Swiss 14 carat gold lever buttonhole watch Circa 1900
Gold buttonhole watch – A very rare Swiss buttonhole watch, circa 1900. The plain case is crafted from 14 carat gold and has a white enamel dial with Arabic hour numerals, all black but the 12 in red, and blued steel hands. To read the dial you need…
Diameter
25 mm
Estimate
€ 750 - 1.500
Price
€ 500
Year sold
2022
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French pink gold Lépine quarter hour repeater Circa 1820
Pocket watch of 18 Carat gold with cylinder escapement – A pink gold Lépine quarter hour repeater, made by Kinable in Paris, France, circa 1820. The open faced case of this watch is crafted from 18 Carat and has an engine turned back, a very beautiful à-goutte (water…
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 1.500 - 3.000
Price
€ 1.400
Year sold
2022
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German plain silver key wind verge pocket watch Circa 1800
Pocket watch with coined band – A silver pocket watch made by Sebastian Mayr in Friedberg (Hessen), Germany, circa 1800. The plain open faced case is crafted from silver and has a coined band and the Augsburg case maker’s signature. The white enamel dial has an outer ring…
Diameter
50 mm
Estimate
€ 350 - 700
Price
€ 350
Year sold
2022
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English silver pair cased verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1802
Pocket watch with automaton ‘windmill’ – A verge watch with enamel painting and automaton ‘windmill’, made by John Edward Lawson in London, England, circa 1802. The open faced plain case is crafted from silver and has London Hallmarks from 1802. The dial has a white enamel outer ring…
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 2.500
Price
€ 1.400
Year sold
2022
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French decorative verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1790
Silver pocket watch with date indication – A fine and very decorative verge watch with enamel painting and date indication made in France circa 1790. The silver open faced case of this watch has engine-turned decoration on the back and the dial has an enamel painting, decentralized…
Diameter
55 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 3.000
Price
€ 1.000
Year sold
2022
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Swiss repeating watch with elaborate enamel painting Circa 1790
Pocket watch with gilt verge escapement – A rare verge watch repeater with an elaborate enamel painting, made by Girardier Laine in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1790. The open faced numbered case is crafted from silver, has a coined band and is engine turned on the back. The enamel…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 1.000 - 2.000
Price
€ 1.100
Year sold
2022
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Swiss silver verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1790
Large attractive with multi coloured painting – A large, attractive verge watch with enamel painting, made by Girardier Laine in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1790. The numbered open faced plain case is crafted from silver and the dial has a multi coloured enamel painting, a centred dial with an…
Diameter
55 mm
Estimate
€ 1.000 - 2.000
Price
€ 650
Year sold
2022
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English watch with a rare movement construction Circa 1868
Heavy pocket watch with English lever escapement – A heavy pocket watch with very rare movement construction, made by W. & M. Dodge in Manchester, England, circa 1868. The very solid open faced case with English Hallmarks from 1868 is crafted from 18 Carat gold and has a…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 3.500 - 5.000
Price
€ 2.200
Year sold
2022
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Important Danish 18K carat rose gold precision watch Circa 1823
Rose gold chronometer by Urban Jürgensen – An important, large and heavy Danish 18 carat rose gold open faced precision pocket watch with spring detent escapement, circa 1823. 4/5 Plate movement made from an ébauche by Houriet from the Garde-Temps series, key wind, chain and fusee with Harrisons…
Diameter
62 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 20.000
Price
€ 6.900
Year sold
2022
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Rare Danish silver open faced cylinder pocket watch Circa 1803
Silver precision watch by Larpent & Jürgensen – A rare Danish silver open faced cylinder precision pocket watch, circa 1803. Full plate movement, cylinder escapement, key wind, large barrel, three-arm brass balance. White enamel regulator dial, in the upper half the time indication with radial Roman hours and…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 2.750 - 6.000
Price
-
Year sold
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Swiss quarter repeating watch with wandering hours Circa 1800
Gold lever pocket watch by Vaucher Frères – A gold Swiss quarter repeating wandering hour watch, circa 1800. This watch is equipped with a gilded full plate, lever escapement, decoratively pierced and foliate engraved balance bridge, silver regulation plate, and repeating on coiled gongs. The dial features decorative…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 9.000 - 17.500
Price
€ 13.900
Year sold
2019 LD
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Early Danish silver open faced cylinder pocket watch Circa 1794
Silver pocket watch by Larpent & Jürgensen – An early Danish silver open faced cylinder pocket watch, circa 1794. Full plate movement with chain and fusee, key wind, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance. White enamel dial with Arabic hours and an outer minute track. A plain case with…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 1.500 - 3.000
Price
-
Year sold
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Rare English silver pair cased pocket chronometer Circa 1797
Silver pocket chronometer by George Margetts – A rare English silver pair cased pocket chronometer watch, circa 1797. The watch features a gilded full plate, spring detent escapement, a pierced and foliate engraved balance cock, an urn at the neck, a typical Margetts pocket chronometer bi metallic balance…
Diameter
63 mm
Estimate
€ 10.000 - 20.000
Price
€ 13.200
Year sold
2019 LD
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English complicated coach clock with enamel painting Circa 1790
Gilt metal and enamel pair cased pocket watch by William Carpenter – A large and unusual English gilt metal pair-cased verge watch with polychrome enamel painted scene, jumping quarter seconds, moon-age and phases, visible balance, and regulator, made for the Chinese market, circa 1785–1790. This watch has a…
Diameter
75 mm
Estimate
€ 7.500 - 15.000
Price
-
Year sold
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Rare French early marine pocket chronometer watch Circa 1795
Brass chronometer by Ferdinand Berthoud & Jean Martin – A very rare and fine French early brass-cased marine chronometer, circa 1795. The watch showcases a gilded full plate movement with an early spring detent. Its brass dial/top plate features a silvered subsidiary chapter ring for hours and minutes,…
Diameter
65 mm
Estimate
€ 40.000 - 80.000
Price
€ 51.200
Year sold
2019 LD
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French fine 18K gold enamel pocket watch Circa 1790 / 1890

Very rare Swiss 14 carat gold lever buttonhole watch Circa 1900

French pink gold Lépine quarter hour repeater Circa 1820

German plain silver key wind verge pocket watch Circa 1800

English silver pair cased verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1802

French decorative verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1790

Swiss repeating watch with elaborate enamel painting Circa 1790

Swiss silver verge watch with enamel painting Circa 1790

English watch with a rare movement construction Circa 1868

Important Danish 18K carat rose gold precision watch Circa 1823

Rare Danish silver open faced cylinder pocket watch Circa 1803

Swiss quarter repeating watch with wandering hours Circa 1800

Early Danish silver open faced cylinder pocket watch Circa 1794

Rare English silver pair cased pocket chronometer Circa 1797

English complicated coach clock with enamel painting Circa 1790

Rare French early marine pocket chronometer watch Circa 1795

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