DESCRIPTION:
Patek Philippe & Co., Geneva, for Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, a "Special" grade split seconds chronograph movement, 25 jewel, stem wind and set, cotes de Geneve decorated nickel plate movement with cut bimetallic balance, gold timing screws and Reed's micrometric regulator, arabic numeral single sunk white enamel dial with outer red five minute markers and plum colored steel hands, serial #80196, 43mm, c1890
CONDITION:
plate with minor marks and scratches, some screw heads with minor marring, dirty and oily, running, hour and minute hands not advancing, chronograph functions but the split is very sticky, needs service, dial with flake at edge, 2:00, short hairline, 7:00, and some fine scratches, hands with minor loss to color
ESTIMATE:
$3000
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$4000
PRICE SOLD:
$2400
DESCRIPTION:
Attributed to Patek, Philippe & Co. for Duhme & Co., Cincinnati, a nickel 18 jewel pocket watch movement, cotes de Geneve decorated plates with cut bimetallic balance, gold timing screws, mustache counterpoised lever, Wilmot micrometric regulator, and wolfs tooth winding, single sunk, roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, serial #86789, 43mm
CONDITION:
running, dirty, plates with minor marks and scratches, center bridge with spot of corrosion, some steel components with minor oxide, dial good, minute and seconds hands replaced
ESTIMATE:
$1200
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$1500
PRICE SOLD:
$1200
DESCRIPTION:
Patek, Philippe & Co. for Palmer, Bachelder & Co., Boston, a nickel 20 jewel pocket watch movement, cotes de Geneve decorated plates with cut bimetallic balance, gold timing screws, counterpoised lever, and wolfs tooth winding, single sunk, roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, serial #70582, 43.5mm
CONDITION:
very dirty, oily, will run dial up, needs service, winding wheel over barrel with a few broken teeth, balance needs truing, balance spring needs centering, plates with minor spotting, dial with crack and minor chips at center of seconds bit, hands replaced
ESTIMATE:
$900
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$1400
PRICE SOLD:
$1200
DESCRIPTION:
Early 18th century French "ognion" movement by Gaudron a Paris, the gilt, full plate verge fusee movement with pierced and engraved balance bridge, pierced Egyptian pillars, and decoratively turned blued steel screws, roman numeral white enamel dial with integral cartouches, central winding arbor and single hand, 47mm (bottom plate)
CONDITION:
will tick dial down, upper staff pivot with significant wear, some screws replaced
ESTIMATE:
$600
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$900
PRICE SOLD:
$1100
DESCRIPTION:
Albert Potter, Geneva, a small pocket watch movement with stem wind, lever set, 20 jewel nickel bar movement, with lever escapement and shepherds crook counterpoise as seen in some of Audemars work, wolfs tooth winding, and cut, bimetallic balance, signed roman numeral white enamel dial, and blued steel spade hands, serial #409, 30mm
CONDITION:
dirty, greasy, broken staff, will run dial down, dial with hairlines
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$300
DESCRIPTION:
Masson, London, a late 17th- early 18th century verge fusee movement, the key wound and set, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance bridge and regulator plate, Tompion regulator, pierced Egyptian pillars, and decorative blued steel work, roman numeral white enamel dial, now in a late 18th or early 19th century purpose made silver case, 49mm,c1700
CONDITION:
outer case missing, movement with minor marks and scratches, balance bridge and regulator plate screws replaced, movement catch repaired, dial with flakes and hairlines, runs with pressure on train, needs service
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$350
DESCRIPTION:
Lowndes in Pall Mall, London, an early 18th century verge fusee pocket watch movement, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock, pierced Egyptian pillars, Tompion regulator, and decorative, blued steel work, arcaded roman numeral white enamel dial, and fancy gilt hands, 42.5mm
CONDITION:
will tick briefly, needs service, minor losses to gilding, some screws replaced, dial an 18th century replacement, hands replaced
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$300
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 2 (Two), both verge fusees, the first a late 17th century example by Samuel Drossade, London, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock, tulip pillars, Tompion regulator, and decorative blued steel work, roman numeral white enamel dial and gold fleur de lis hands, 39mm, the other an early 18th century example by D. Bonnefoy, London, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock, pierced Egyptian pillars, Tompion regulator, and decorative blued steel work, arcaded roman numeral white enamel dial, 42.5mm
CONDITION:
both complete and with good staffs, minor losses to gilding, dials are later replacements, hands replaced
ESTIMATE:
$500
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$700
PRICE SOLD:
$900
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 2 (Two), both verge fusees, the first an early 18th century example by Le Maire, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance bridge and regulator plate, pierced Egyptian pillars, and decorative blued steel work, 40mm, the other a late 17th century piece by John or Joseph Foster, London, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved balance cock, the cock with aperture revealing the blued balance with anchor form ornament, pierced Egyptian pillars, and decorative blued steel work, 40mm
CONDITION:
both complete and with good staffs, a few screws replaced, lacking dials
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$1000
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 3 (Three), all 18th century English verge fusees, the first by John Bennett, London, gilt full plate movement with silver pierced and engraved balance cock and Tompion regulator, the pillars with silver busts surmounted by gilt break arch caps, decorative steel work, and arcaded, roman numeral white enamel dial, 43mm, the next by William Salisbury, London, gilt full plate movement with pierced and engraved silver balance cock and Tompion regulator, Egyptian pillars with gadrooned silver caps, decorative blued steel work, and roman numeral white enamel dial, 40.5mm, and the last by Archibald Coats, gilt full plate movement with silver pierced and engraved balance cock, the regulator and signature plates also in silver, Tompion regulator, turned baluster pillars, and arcaded roman numeral white enamel dial, 37.5mm
CONDITION:
all complete and with good staffs, minor losses to gilding, hands replaced
ESTIMATE:
$500
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$700
PRICE SOLD:
$800
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 3 (Three), all Swiss, with complications, the first signed Emile Quartier Locle under the dial, highly jeweled nickel movement with tandem winding, center seconds and jumping quarter seconds, white enamel dial, 46mm, the next by Saltzman & Jacot, highly jeweled, two train, keywound nickel movement with Jacots patented stop watch mechanism showing center seconds and jumping quarters, signed roman numeral white enamel dial, 47mm, and the last unsigned, highly jeweled two train nickel movement with independent dead seconds, roman numeral white enamel dial, 50mm
CONDITION:
unsigned watch functioning correctly, the others complete and with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$750
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 3 (Three), all Swiss, with complications, the first signed James Nardin, highly jeweled nickel two train movement with tandem winding and independent dead seconds, roman numeral white enamel dial and gilt hands, 41mm, the next signed Leopold Huguenin, highly jeweled nickel two train movement with tandem winding, split seconds chronograph and jumping quarter seconds, roman numeral white enamel dial with blued steel hands, 46mm, and the last unsigned, highly jeweled nickel two train movement with tandem winding and independent dead seconds, roman numeral white enamel dial and fancy gold hands, 44mm
CONDITION:
Nardin functioning correctly, dial replaced, the other watches complete and with good staffs,
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$1700
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 3 (Three), all Waltham, the first a split seconds chronograph, 14 size, 16 jewel nickel plate movement with gilt balance cock, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, gold jewel settings, gold chronograph and center wheels, arabic numeral white enamel dial, serial #1833016, the next a split seconds chronograph with 15 minute register, 14 size, 15 jewel nickel plate movement, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, gold chronograph wheels, arabic numeral white enamel dial, serial #3038086, and the last a double dial chronograph movement, 14 size, 13 jewel nickel plate movement, cut bimetallic balance with gold timing screws, gold jewel settings, and Lugrin patent chronograph mechanism, roman numeral white enamel dial, serial #871912
CONDITION:
1833016 complete and with good staff, not running, balance cock replaced, dial with chips and cracks, 3038086 missing the split seconds wheel, otherwise complete, good staff, dial with scratches and hairlines, 871912 running, chronograph functional, dial with cracks
ESTIMATE:
$600
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$800
PRICE SOLD:
$750
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 4 (Four), all early verge fusees with white enamel dials, each decorated with brightly colored polychrome enamel scenes
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$550
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 5 (Five), all Waltham chronographs, 14 size model 1874 and 1884, one open face, the others configured for hunting cases, nickel and gilt movements, roman and arabic numeral white enamel dials, one with seconds bit at 9:00
CONDITION:
three running, the others with good staffs, chronograph mechanisms complete, multiple lots sold as is, no returns
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$325
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 5 (Five), four by Patek Philippe, the other by Ed. Koehn, the first of the Patek's a 10 jewel, 13 ligne with cylinder escapement and Adrien Philippe's first stem winding mechanism, serial #17202, the next a 20 jewel, 18 1/2 ligne with lever escapement, serial #76387, the third a 20 jewel, 20 1/2 ligne with lever escapement, and the last an 18 jewel, 15 ligne with lever escapement, marked "Agaton", the Ed. Koehn a 20 jewel, 15 1/2 ligne with lever escapement and sweep seconds, serial #70194
CONDITION:
Patek cylinder missing dial, Patek 18 1/2 ligne with repair to lever fork, Patek 20 1/2 ligne incomplete, Agaton disassembled and with damaged dial and broken fork, Koehn disassembled, missing escape wheel, movements may have other missing parts
ESTIMATE:
$500
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$800
PRICE SOLD:
$850
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 5 (Five), four Vacheron & Constantin, the other signed Veuve C. Vacheron & Co., 18- 19 ligne, 16- 20 jewel nickel movements, all with lever escapements, serial #307132, 266675, 265164, 300821, and 138689
CONDITION:
300821 very gummy, will run with cleaning, 265164 incomplete, 266675 partially disassembled, roller missing, 307132 partially disassembled, no balance staff or spring, 138689 disassembled, incomplete
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$325
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 5 (Five), the first a pocket chronometer by James Hoddell with helical balance spring and Earnshaws escapement, the next a Swiss pocket chronometer with pivoted detent escapement, the third a keyless, freesprung lever with wind indicator and reverse fusee marked "Army and Navy Cooperative Society", the fourth a keyless, freesprung lever marked "Alfred J. Coe", and the last a keyless, freesprung lever by Barraud & Lunds
CONDITION:
Barraud & Lunds and Army & Navy running, the chronometers with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$1000
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 6 (Six), including two fusees with cylinder escapements, one by Howse, another English cylinder with going barrel signed Barrauds, Barrauds ticks briefly, the others with good staffs, for parts a Swiss bagnolet caliber, and two verge fusees with alarms, one signed LeRoi & Fils, all with enamel dials
CONDITION:
Barrauds will tick briefly, the others with good staffs, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$325
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket Watch Movements- 7 (Seven) including 18th century verge fusee movements including a quarter repeater by John Bushman, other makers include Maillard, Michael Haskel, Marcus Russel, Lescuyer, and others
CONDITION:
for parts, at least three movements incomplete, Bushman with replaced balance cock, movement otherwise complete
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$650
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 7 (Seven), all English rack levers, makers including M.J. Tobias, Lancaster & Son, Alexander & Co., and others, one movement now with later lever and roller
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$350
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$550
PRICE SOLD:
$425
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 7 (Seven), the first a gilt 3/4 plate lever by Nicole & Capt for Tiffany & Co., with Nicole patent winding, 44mm, a full plate, quarter repeating lever fusee signed Thomas Brown, 50mm, a gilt, quarter repeating Lepine caliber duplex movement signed G.F. Scherer London, 37mm, a Swiss quarter repeating chronograph, 49mm, two Pallweber patent with jumping hours and minutes, one signed International Watch Co. Schaffhausen, 42.5mm, and a lever with day date function by Grandjean Locle, 43mm
CONDITION:
Thomas Brown running, repeat work complete but not functional, Scherer with good staff, repeat work complete but non functional, Swiss quarter repeating chronograph with good staff, repeat and chronograph mechanisms are complete but non functional, the remaining watches complete and with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$650
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 8 (Eight), all English levers, makers including Dent, Arnold, and Frodsham, one with Nicole patent keyless work, and one with resilient banking
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$275
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 10 (Ten), all 18th century verge fusees, makers including Spencer & Perkins, D. Aubrey, Joun Austin, William Addis, Edward Hennen, Quillet, and others
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$400
-
$600
PRICE SOLD:
$800
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 12 (Twelve), all Swiss, including one signed Paul Jaccard, Geneva, 20 jewel nickel movement, wolf's tooth winding and lever with shepherd's crook counterpoise as seen in some of Audemars work, an unsigned, 20 jewel example with gold train and also with the shepherd's crook counterpoise, a 16 jewel nickel movement signed Geo. Agassiz and Longines, four examples by IWC, a 20 jewel nickel movement signed Baume & Co., an 18 jewel example marked LeCoultre, a 16 jewel signed Ernest Francillon, Geneva, and a Bourquin with nickel movement and unusual patented balance stud, 11 with enamel dials
CONDITION:
four running, the others with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$650
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 13 (Thirteen), all English lever fusees, with Massey 1, 2 and 3 escapements, makers including Richard Doke, L.H. Samuels, G.W. Tobias, E. S. Yates & Co., John Harrison, James Brindle, and others, including four contract watches for the American market
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$400
PRICE SOLD:
$450
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 14 (Fourteen), all English duplex, makers including Viner & Co., Thomas Earnshaw, Parkinson & Frodsham, T.F. Cooper, John Ladd, Fivey, and others, the Viner with pull winding, and the Fivey with alarm
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$500
-
$700
PRICE SOLD:
$550
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 16 (Sixteen), including a split seconds chronograph by C.L. Guinand, chronographs by C.H. Meylan, Timing and Repeating Watch Co., Sewill, one utilizing the patent of William Henry Douglas #2605, the dial marked "Chrono Micrometer" and three others, two 2 train dual time zone watches with independent dead seconds, an "Independent Dead Seconds" movement by Russel & Son, three center seconds examples, and two earlier, gilt, two train movements with independent dead seconds, one signed Girard Geneva, all with enamel dials
CONDITION:
split seconds will work but very gummy, Russel will run, but very gummy, Girard working, one dual time zone working, Sewill working, the rest with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$1800
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 21 (Twenty one), all 18th- 19th century verge fusees, makers including Haley & Milner, John Wontner, Hancock, Quartier, Vale & Company, Marchand, Girardier, and others
CONDITION:
for parts, one movement with lever conversion
ESTIMATE:
$400
-
$600
PRICE SOLD:
$1000
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 25 (Twenty five), all Waltham, 18- 0 size, 7- 17 jewel nickel and gilt movements, including models 1857, 1860, 1872, 1874, 1884, 1888, 1907, and others
CONDITION:
for parts or restoration
ESTIMATE:
$250
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$350
PRICE SOLD:
$700
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 39 (Thirty nine), all American, 18- 0 size, 7- 19 jewel nickel and gilt movements, makers including Elgin, Rockford, Illinois, Hampden, Philadelphia, Aurora, and others
CONDITION:
for parts or restoration
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$375
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 51 (Fifty one), mostly American, makers including Waltham, Elgin, South Bend, Rockford, Hamilton, Hampden, and others
CONDITION:
some disassembled, some incomplete, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$350
DESCRIPTION:
Pocket watch movements- 51 (Fifty one), mostly American, makers including Waltham, Elgin, South Bend, Rockford, Hamilton, Hampden, and others, including one Swiss 20 jewel example with well finished steel escape wheel and arrow counterpoise pallet, similar to the work of L. Audemars
CONDITION:
some disassembled, some incomplete, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$400
DESCRIPTION:
Lot of complicated and high grade pocket watch movements, including three Swiss split seconds chronographs, an Omega chronograph, a Swiss two train with jumping fifths, a Lepine calibre quarter repeating ruby cylinder, an English minute repeater, a quarter repeating chronograph signed "Dunand", an English quarter repeater with duplex escapement signed "Hutchinson Clapham", a Swiss musical quarter repeater, a Swiss pivoted detent chronometer, an English lever fusee by Arnold & Frodsham, cylinder and lever movements by Vacheron & Constantin, a 10 1/2 ligne lever movement signed "Cartier Paris", four movements by Meylan, and an 18 1/2 ligne lever movement with Courvoisier patent keyless work
CONDITION:
some movements incomplete, Courvoisier patent and Vaceron lever running, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$1200
DESCRIPTION:
Lot of E. Howard pocket watch movements and parts, including two N size series III, one N size series IV, an N size series V, two N size series VIII, one a nickel split plate, and an N size series IX, together with a small quantity of partial movements, including three Keystone
CONDITION:
four movements running, the others with good staffs
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$450
DESCRIPTION:
A large lot of lever fusee pocket watch movements, dials, and parts, makers including McCabe, Fagard, Cartwright, Crisp, Tobias, Ellicott, Barraud, and others, together with a number of later lever watches, cabinet dimensions listed
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$425
DIMENSIONS: 12in x 10in x 10in
DESCRIPTION:
Large lot of Swiss pocket watch movements, makers including Perrenoud, Jacot, Ducommun, Huguenin, Hoffmann, Laval, Beguelin, Leonville, Breton, Perret, Roulet, Omega, Bourquin, Humbert, Saltzmanand others
CONDITION:
many running, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$500
PRICE SOLD:
$800
DESCRIPTION:
Large lot of Swiss pocket watch movements, together with a large quantity of Swiss and American movement plates and barrels
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$500
PRICE SOLD:
$175
DESCRIPTION:
Large lot of English lever fusee watch movements, together with a few non fusee examples, some with center seconds, two American market examples with Eagle ornament, makers including Thomas Savage, Haley, James Stoddart, James Brindle, Joseph Johnson, David Taylor, William Dixon, and others
CONDITION:
for parts
ESTIMATE:
$400
-
$600
PRICE SOLD:
$700
DESCRIPTION:
Lot of pocket watch movements, mostly Swiss, including one with duplex escapement, together with a few pocket watches, two split seconds timers, a micro mosaic pin with low karat gold setting, crystals and semi precious stones, a few wrist watch movements, and more, pin 20.6g TW
CONDITION:
for parts, micro mosaic damaged, setting tests well below 10 karat, timers working
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$275
DESCRIPTION:
Large lot of American pocket watch movements, dials and parts, 18- 0 size, makers including Waltham, Hampden, Rockford, and others
CONDITION:
many incomplete, for parts
ESTIMATE:
$250
-
$350
PRICE SOLD:
$175
DESCRIPTION:
Two multi drawer cabinets with a large quantity of English and Swiss pocket watch movements, makers including Stouton, Nicholls, Vaucher, Ellison, Tobias, International Watch Co., Omega, Agassiz, and many others
CONDITION:
for parts, some movements incomplete
ESTIMATE:
$300
-
$400
PRICE SOLD:
$400
DIMENSIONS: 18.5in x 15in x 6.5in