Verge escapement

1046 A verge escapement is the oldest escapement.

English fine silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1755
Fine silver pair cased verge pocket watch – An English fine silver pair cased verge watch, London hallmark circa 1755, Gilt verge movement numbered 6960, baluster pillars, pierced and engraved balance cock, silvered regulation disc. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic 5-minute divisions and minute ring,…
Diameter
51 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 2.500
Price
€ 1.250
Year sold
2010 LD
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Swiss 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set verge pocket watch Circa 1800
Gold quarter repeating pocket watch – A Swiss 18K gold painted-on enamel and pearl-set quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1800. An Empire case, engraved band, pearl-set bezel, the back set with a finely painted-on enamel scene of Rinaldo and Armida within an oval gold paillon border, outer translucent…
Diameter
48 mm
Estimate
€ 8.000 - 14.000
Price
€ 12.300
Year sold
2011 GN
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English gold enamel pair cased repeating watch Circa 1736
Gold verge with chatelaine and key and tassels – An English 18 Carat gold and enamel pair cased quarter repeating watch, circa 1736. With the original gold, enamel and gilt chatelaine with gold and enamel key and tassels. The inner case with London hallmarks for 1736, the dial,…
Diameter
49 mm
Estimate
€ 12.000 - 20.000
Price
€ 16.400
Year sold
2011 GN
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Decorative silver and enamel pomander in watch form Circa 1650
Silver and enamel pomander box – A silver and enamel open faced pomander pocket watch, circa 1650. The movement with a verge escapement. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, half hour markers and a single gold hand, a camaïeu scene depicting a landscape in the…
Diameter
24 mm
Estimate
€ 1.250 - 2.500
Price
€ 1.500
Year sold
-
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Swiss silver revolutionary watch made for the French market 1794
Silver watch with decimal and duodecimal time – A Swiss silver revolutionary watch with decimal and duodecimal time, circa 1794. Made for the French market. A polished case, the back with an engraved monogram. White enamel dial with a concentric indication of decimal time in black radial Roman…
Diameter
56 mm
Estimate
€ 8.000 - 15.000
Price
€ 10.250
Year sold
2011 GN
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French silver single handed oignon watch Circa 1710
Silver Oignon pocket watch by Gaudron – A French Louis XIV silver oignon watch with a single hand and alarm, circa 1710. The polished back is decorated with pierced foliate sound frets, and the bezel is decorated with pierced frets to match. Silver dial with radial blue Roman…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 2.750 - 5.000
Price
-
Year sold
-
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French silver Louis XIV Oignon watch with alarm Circa 1690
Silver Oignon pocket watch by Gilles Martinot – A French silver-cased Louis XIV Oignon watch with an alarm, circa 1690. A polished case, the back engraved with concentric circles and with small sound holes around the perimeter, square hinge, and loose ring pendant. Gilt brass dial with black…
Diameter
58 mm
Estimate
€ 5.500 - 9.000
Price
-
Year sold
-
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Swiss gold, enamel and pearl mandolin-shaped form watch Circa 1810
Gold verge form watch – A Swiss 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set form watch with concealed dial and visible balance designed as a mandolin, circa 1810. The sound-board chased and engraved with a seated cherub, flowers and foliage, a glazed sound hole displaying the balance cock and balance,…
Diameter
-
Estimate
€ 7.500 - 13.000
Price
€ 12.300
Year sold
2011 GN
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Swiss gold and enamel decorative verge watch Circa 1795
Gold pocket watch with enamel – A Swiss decorative pocket watch, 18 carat yellow gold and enamel by Des Arts et Compagnie, circa 1795, Pierced and engraved bridge cock with diamond endstone, silver regulation disc with blued steel indicator open faced, key-winding, round-shaped pocket watch. White enamel…
Diameter
47 mm
Estimate
€ 2.250 - 4.500
Price
€ 3.350
Year sold
-
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English gilded brass pair cased Masonic pocket watch Circa 1790
Gilt Freemason’s watch – An English gilt brass pair cased key wound verge Masonic pocket watch, circa 1790. The gilded verge movement with a pierced and engraved gilded English cock. White enamel dial with radial Roman hours, outer minute divisions, Arabic quarter hour numerals and original arrow hands.
Diameter
55 mm
Estimate
€ 1.750 - 3.250
Price
€ 2.250
Year sold
2020 HK
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Swiss 18K gold enamel pearl-set repeating watch Circa 1790
Decorative directoire pocket watch by Jean-Nicolas Menu – A very fine and rare Swiss 18K yellow gold, enamel and pearl-set, open faced, key-winding, Directoire pocket watch with quarter-repeater on one bell, circa 1790. Round-shaped, 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set case. Case back painted on enamel on gold by…
Diameter
46 mm
Estimate
€ 3.750 - 7.000
Price
€ 3.750
Year sold
2020
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Rare silver oval puritan pre hairspring verge watch Circa 1635
Rare silver oval puritan verge watch – A silver English verge pocket watch with fire gilt full plate pre hairspring movement, circa 1635, pierced and engraved balance cock, flat steel balance, gut line fusee, square baluster pillars, worm wheel set-up. Silver dial with applied hour knobs for…
Diameter
-
Estimate
€ 9.000 - 18.000
Price
€ 13.250
Year sold
-
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French gold and enamel watch with protective outer Circa 1790
Gold open faced verge watch – A fine French large 18 carat gold pocket watch with translucent enamel, circa 1790. Decorated bezel, a fine translucent royal blue guilloché enamel panel on the back with a classical en grisaille scene, white enamel border with gold paillon decorated to match…
Diameter
57 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 8.000
Price
€ 6.500
Year sold
-
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French Louis XV 20K varicoloured gold lady’s pendant watch Circa 1770
Gold paste-set verge pendant watch – A French Louis XV 20K varicoloured gold and paste-set lady’s pendant watch, circa 1770. A paste-set and chased bezel and the border with a repeated pattern, the back decorated with an oval vignette of a lute and basket of flowers, a quiver…
Diameter
30 mm
Estimate
€ 1.500 - 3.000
Price
-
Year sold
-
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French 18K gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1765
Gold open faced verge pocket watch – A French 18K gold, painted-on enamel and champlevé quarter repeating à toc pocket watch, circa 1765. A Louis XVcase entirely chased with a wave pattern, the back with champlevé translucent and painted on enamel flowers, the bezel decorated to match. White…
Diameter
46 mm
Estimate
€ 4.500 - 8.000
Price
-
Year sold
-
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Swiss gold and enamel watch for the Chinese market Circa 1820
Gold, enamel watch with Oriental pearls, probably from Geneva – An extremely rare English gold/enamel hunting cased pocket watch set with Oriental pearls, The Lotus Blossom, circa 1820. Probably from Geneva and made for the Chinese market. Full plate movement, verge escapement. 18K gold, multi-coloured enamel case…
Diameter
43 mm
Estimate
€ 9.000 - 20.000
Price
-
Year sold
-
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English fine silver pair cased verge pocket watch Circa 1755

Swiss 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set verge pocket watch Circa 1800

English gold enamel pair cased repeating watch Circa 1736

Decorative silver and enamel pomander in watch form Circa 1650

Swiss silver revolutionary watch made for the French market 1794

French silver single handed oignon watch Circa 1710

French silver Louis XIV Oignon watch with alarm Circa 1690

Swiss gold, enamel and pearl mandolin-shaped form watch Circa 1810

Swiss gold and enamel decorative verge watch Circa 1795

English gilded brass pair cased Masonic pocket watch Circa 1790

Swiss 18K gold enamel pearl-set repeating watch Circa 1790

Rare silver oval puritan pre hairspring verge watch Circa 1635

French gold and enamel watch with protective outer Circa 1790

French Louis XV 20K varicoloured gold lady’s pendant watch Circa 1770

French 18K gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1765

Swiss gold and enamel watch for the Chinese market Circa 1820

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