Wristwatches and Pocket Watches

A George III silver pair cased key wind quarter repeating gentleman's pocket watch, possibly made for the Spanish market, with verge escapement, pierced and engraved balance cock and plunge repeat with hammer striking a bell to inner case, the gilt dust cover signed 'Higgs y + Evans London', the white enamelled convex dial with black Roman hour numerals and outer Arabic minutes and signed 'Hicks V Evans London', the case with pierced and engraved decoration to sides, the outer case plain, unmarked, outer case diameter 5.7cm. Note: the firm of Robert and Peter Higgs and James Evans are recorded London watchmakers working at 7 Sweetings Alley and later Royal Exchange between 1775 and 1832. Provenance: formerly the property of Tom Robinson, past chairman of the Antiquarian Horological Society and author of various horological books including 'The Longcase Clock'.

A George III Turkish market silver and tortoiseshell triple cased key wind gentleman's pocket watch, the gilt fusee movement with verge escapement, tulip pillars and pierced and engraved balance cock, the backplate signed 'Geoe Prior London 26913', the white enamel dial with black Turkish numerals and signed 'George Prior London', case diameter 4.9cm, the outer case with engraved pronounced rim, diameter 6cm, both hallmarked London 1797-98 by James Richards, the tortoiseshell mounted outer case with inlaid foliate borders, unmarked, diameter 7cm (crack to tortoiseshell and minor inlay losses). Note: for a similar example by this maker, see page 285 fig. 9.25 of 'English Clocks for the Eastern Markets' by Ian White. George Prior established himself as the leading exporter of European clocks and watches to the Ottoman Empire between 1765 and his death in 1814. His watches were so highly regarded that the Turkish word for a good pocket watch became Piryol, a corruption of his name in Turkish. Provenance: formerly the property of Tom Robinson, past chairman of the Antiquarian Horological Society and author of various horological books including 'The Longcase Clock'.

A late 17th century silver and tortoiseshell key wind pair cased gentleman's pocket clock watch, the gilt fusee movement with verge escapement and pierced and engraved balance cock and striking on a bell, the backplate signed 'Nath. Barrow London', the silvered champlevé type dial with black Roman hour numerals and single hand, the pierced case back with engraved wrigglework decoration, case diameter 4.6cm, the tortoiseshell mounted outer case with silver piqué inlaid scene of sun, tree and buildings, outer case diameter 5.5cm (section of tortoiseshell missing). Note: Nathaniel Barrow is a recorded London watchmaker, apprenticed in 1653/54, made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1660/61, becoming an assistant in 1676 and master in 1689. He died in 1700. Provenance: formerly the property of Tom Robinson, past chairman of The Antiquarian Horological Society and author of various horological books including 'The Longcase Clock'.

A TAG Heuer Professional 200 Meters steel gentleman's bracelet wristwatch, the signed circular white dial with three subsidiary dials, luminous baton shaped hour markers, outer tachymeter scale and date of the month aperture, the case with rotating bezel, the signed case back detailed 'CK1111', the tapered link bracelet with foldover clasp, case width 4cm, with a Tag Heuer box.

A Breitling Chronometre Superocean Automatic stainless steel cased gentleman's chronograph bracelet wristwatch, Ref. No. A13340, circa 2004, with signed jewelled movement, the signed black/charcoal dial with luminous baton hour markers, three silvered subsidiary dials recording hours, minutes and continuous seconds, day and date apertures and detailed '500m/1650ft', the case with rotating bezel, the signed case back detailed 'A13340' above '696424', on a tapered link bracelet with foldover clasp, case diameter 4.2cm, with warranty booklet, dated '18/09/2004', instruction booklet, other related paperwork, two spare links, box, outer card box and an automatic watch winder.

A Rolex Oyster Chronometer Observatory gilt metal fronted and steel backed gentleman's wristwatch, Ref. No. 3116, circa 1944, with signed jewelled movement, the signed dial with luminous Arabic numerals and baton hour markers, outer seconds track and inner red 24-hour Arabic numerals, the Viceroy case with milled screw-off back, the case back numbered '283371', the signed case back interior numbered '3116', case width 3cm, on a brown leather strap.

A large collection of pocket watch movements and dials, including various fusee movements, two movements and dials signed 'Parkinson & Frodsham London', another signed 'Kendall & Dent' and a smaller movement and dial, signed 'Dent, 22 Cockspur St London 28807' (some faults).

A large collection of pocket watch movements and dials, some signed, including 'American Watch Co' and 'Fletcher 48 Lombard Street, London' (some faults).

A large collection of pocket watch movements and dials, some signed, including 'T.J. Cooper London', 'J.W. Benson London', 'Fletcher... London' and 'J. French & Sons London 31068' (some faults).

A Van Cleef & Arpels miniature rosewood cased travel watch, the jewelled movement detailed 'Encausse et Krasker France', the silvered oval dial with gilt Arabic and arrowhead hour markers and signed 'Van Cleef & Arpels', the rectangular case with sliding cover, detailed 'VCA NY25407-6', length 4.9cm.

A large collection of pocket watches and pocket watch cases, including a gun metal Goliath watch, the dial detailed 'Regulateur' (faults).

A Heuer base metal cased stopwatch, the case back detailed '6 GPO BAU 53 60273', together with a collection of other base metal cased stopwatches (some faults).

A large collection of pocket watch movements and dials, including a fusee movement, signed 'Thos Johnson London', another fusee movement signed 'Braithwaite London' and another signed 'Vesper London 1102'.

A large collection of pocket watches and pocket and wristwatch movements and dials, together with various accessories, including watch glasses and hands.

An Oris Worldtimer Automatic stainless steel cased gentleman's bracelet wristwatch, Ref. No. 7540, with signed 690 30Jew movement, the signed silvered dial with black Arabic hour numerals, subsidiary seconds, alternate time zone dial with day/night indicator and date aperture, the tonneau shaped case with signed back, on a link bracelet with foldover clasp, case width 3.8cm, with International Guarantee, dated '22.07.04', Service Centres booklet and card box.

A George V silver and tortoiseshell mounted leather travelling watch case, the hinged front inlaid with ribbon bow tied swag within reeded border, Birmingham 1910 by Henry Clifford Davis, height 11.4cm, fitted with a gun metal cased Goliath pocket watch with Masonic printed dial, case diameter 6.5cm.

An Avia Olympic gilt metal fronted and steel backed gentleman's wristwatch with unsigned jewelled movement, the signed brown dial with gilt baton hour markers and date aperture, case diameter 3.3cm, on a black leather strap, together with a De Luxe steel cased gentleman's wristwatch with jewelled movement, the black dial with tachymeter scale, luminous hour batons and date aperture and inscribed 'De Luxe 19 Jewels 5 ATM Antimagnetic', case diameter 3.9cm (lacking bezel), and a Sekonda gilt metal fronted and steel backed square cased wristwatch, case width 2.8cm.

An Oris gilt metal fronted and steel backed gentleman's wristwatch with signed jewelled 461 caliber movement, the signed two tone dial with subsidiary seconds, case diameter 3.2cm, together with an Oris Anti-shock gentleman's wristwatch, case diameter 3.2cm, and three other gentlemen's wristwatches.

An Omega Seamaster Automatic stainless steel cased gentleman's wristwatch with signed jewelled 354 caliber movement, the signed cream textured dial with gilt baton hour markers, the case back detailed 'Seamaster', the signed case interior detailed 'C2577-9C 5C', case diameter 3.4cm (part of movement and winder missing), together with an Omega Seamaster 600 dial, diameter 2.9cm, and an Omega Automatic Chronometer Constellation silvered dial, diameter 2.9cm.