15,814 watches in this selection. Antique pocket watches from Switserland and Swiss watchmakers
Rose gold grande sonnerie repeating full hunter – A technically rare, heavy and early Swiss rose gold hunting cased grande sonnerie quarter repeating cylinder pocket watch, circa 1820. Cylinder escapement, highly interesting and in this version extremely rare striking mechanism with quarter-hour self-strike, repeating the quarter hours, special movement…
Gold musical repeater attributed to Jacques Oltramare – A very fine Swiss 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating musical cylinder pocket watch, circa 1800. Decorated, musical movement with a view to the striking mechanism, cylinder escapement, repeating the hours and quarter hours. Cuvette with a representation of…
Gold open faced pocket watch by Meylan Watch Co. – A Swiss gold ultra-thin open faced pocket watch, retailed by Tiffany & Co., circa 1920-1925. Accompanied by a fitted box, signed 14-carat yellow gold chain and mechanical pencil insert in a two-blade penknife. Smooth 18-carat yellow gold…
Stainless steel open faced watch by Rolex – A Swiss, stainless steel dress pocket watch, Prince Imperial, circa 1940. Rolésium two-body shaped case with satin and black lacquered borders. Two-tone matte silver dial and quartered satiné with black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, and blued…
Aluminium siderograph in gimballed mahogany deck box by Longines – A very rare and beautiful, manual winding, Swiss aluminium marine chronograph siderograph with centre seconds, seconds recorder, split seconds, 36 hour power reserve indication and stop feature in a gimballed mahogany deck box, circa 1943. Rhodium plated…
Gold watch with enamel scene of the Grütli pact of 1291 – A fine Swiss unusual 18K gold and enamel keyless pocket watch, circa 1870. Reeded bezels, polished band, the back cover decorated with a black and gold enamel scene of the Grütli pact of 1291 which led…
Platinum limited edition anniversary watch – A very fine Swiss extremely rare and thin platinum open faced keyless dress watch, circa 1979. Made in a limited edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Lucerne Tir Federal Schützenfest in 1979. A polished case with an inclined…
Gold open faced lever dress watch – A very fine Swiss, large yellow 18k gold keyless dress watch, circa 1920. Made for Eberhard Milan by Vacheron & Constantin, Genève. A solid, polished case. Hinged gold cuvette. Matte silver dial with champleve Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary…
Gold open faced lever pocket watch – A very fine Swiss, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch, circa 1884. Retailed by J. Bte. Méaume, Horloger de la Marine Nationale Paris, dated 24 April 1902. A polished case, the case back engine-turned with an applied gold foliate monogram. Hinged…
Gold astronomical verge watch – An extremely rare and early Swiss gold double-sided astronomical pocket watch, circa 1780. Verge escapement. Regulator dial with a central minute hand on the front, decentral hour hand, regulated through the dial, indication of date and days of the week, the back with…
Silver verge with seven complications – A large Swiss silver open faced astronomical verge pocket watch, circa 1800. Fire-gilt verge movement. White enamel dial, central time indication with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, subsidiary seconds at 4, month indication with month length, weekday indication, the indication of…
Gold open faced repeater probably by Jaquet Droz – A high-quality and extraordinary Swiss 18 carat gold open faced quarter repeating Lépine pocket watch, circa 1820. Verge movement, repeating the hours and quarter hours. The dial skeletonized in the centre, figural relief, white enamel dial ring with Arabic…
White gold dress watch by European Watch & Clock Company Inc. – Very beautiful and rare, Swiss, Art Deco, keyless, jump hour, white gold dress watch with white gold chain, circa 1930. Art Deco, 18-carat white gold case, back with engraved decoration. 18-carat white gold chain. Cream dial…
Gold chronograph with stoppable independent seconds – An early and technically interesting Swiss 18 carat gold open faced independent seconds and jumping ¼ second chronograph, circa 1860. Bridge movement, gold wheels, special lever, two barrels, one for the movement and one for the stoppable independent seconds, releasing and…
White gold open faced pocket watch by Gübelin – A fine, rare, manual wind, white gold open-faced Swiss pocket watch, circa 1918. White gold case, on the back a cartouche with applied initials. Silver dial with Arabic radial numerals, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds,…
Platinum open faced keyless lever – A very thin and rare French/Swiss platinum open faced knife edged (montre couteau) manual wind pocket watch made by Cartier in Paris, circa 1930. The rhodium plated movement with 19 jewels, a straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to…
