Wristwatches and Pocket Watches

A Chopard silver lady's bracelet wristwatch, Ref. 5030, with signed and jewelled ETA 2512 caliber manual wind movement, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals and detailed 'L-U. Chopard Geneve', the case back numbered '5030' above '33717' and detailed '0,925', the openwork bracelet with foldover clasp, import mark London 1971, case width 3.9cm, total weight 98.5g.

A Rolex 9ct gold circular cased gentleman's wristwatch, Ref. 12325, with signed and jewelled movement, the signed silvered dial with black Arabic hour numerals, blued steel hands and subsidiary seconds, the signed case back interior numbered '12325' and '275136', Birmingham 1949, case diameter 3cm, on a brown leather strap.

An early 20th century silver cased keyless wind open-faced gentleman's chronograph pocket watch, the unsigned jewelled movement numbered '1208402', the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals, two subsidiary dials and centre stop seconds, with silver inner case, the case back with engine turned decoration, London 1920, total weight 84.3g, case diameter 4.8cm.

A Junghans chrome plated keyless wind open-faced stopwatch with subsidiary minutes, seconds and 10th second dials, case diameter 5.4cm, together with a base metal cased pedometer, case diameter 4.5cm.

An International Watch Company (IWC) Automatic 18K gold gentleman's bracelet wristwatch, circa 1970s, the signed and jewelled C.8541B caliber movement numbered '1987038', the signed champagne tinted dial with baton hour markers and date aperture, the signed case back interior detailed '18K 0,750' and numbered '2036959', the case back similarly numbered and presentation inscribed, the tapered woven meshlink bracelet with signed foldover clasp, detailed '750', total weight 94.5g, case width 3.5cm, total length 17.8cm.

An Omega Cosmic Triple Calendar gold plated gentleman's wristwatch, Ref. 2486-2, circa 1947, the signed and jewelled 381 caliber manual wind movement numbered '11206701', the signed silvered dial with gilt Arabic numeral, arrowhead and pyramid shaped hour markers, day and month apertures, moonphase, subsidiary seconds and outer date ring, the signed case back interior numbered '2486-2', case diameter 3.7cm, on a black leather strap, with Omega brown leather folding case.

A platinum and diamond set, cut cornered rectangular cased lady's dress wristwatch, the unsigned jewelled lever movement detailed '13790', the case surround mounted with circular cut diamonds, detailed within the case back 'Platine 993', case width 1.4cm, on a white gold woven meshlink bracelet with foldover clasp, detailed '9ct', total weight 14.9g, total length 17.2cm.

A Rone Seventeen 9ct gold cased lady's wristwatch with signed and jewelled movement, the signed white enamelled dial with black Arabic hour numerals and subsidiary seconds, Edinburgh 1962, case diameter 2.1cm, on a 9ct gold meshlink bracelet, total weight 19.8g.

An Omega Automatic 9ct gold circular cased gentleman's wristwatch, Ref. 12308, the signed and jewelled 342 caliber movement numbered '11462044', the signed silvered dial with Arabic numeral and dot hour markers and subsidiary seconds, the signed case back interior numbered '12308' and '317156', Birmingham 1950, case diameter 3.2cm, on a brown leather strap.

A fine 18ct gold half-hunting cased keyless wind gentleman's pocket watch with jewelled gilt movement, the backplate signed 'Chas Frodsham. 27 South Molton St London 'AD FMSZ, by appointment to the King', with two engraved crowned awards and numbered '09962', the signed enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals and subsidiary seconds, the case front with black Roman hour numerals, London 1925, total weight 153.4g, case diameter 5.4cm. Note: Charles Frodsham (1810-1871), the celebrated English horologist, established the firm of Charles Frodsham & Co, which remains the longest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world.

A Majex 9ct gold circular cased lady's wristwatch, the jewelled lever movement detailed 'Swiss', with signed silvered dial, Edinburgh 1967, case diameter 1.9cm, on a base metal bracelet.

An Omega Constellation Automatic Chronometer 18ct gold circular cased gentleman's wristwatch, Ref. 1685004, circa 1966, the signed and jewelled 561 caliber movement numbered '24484235', the signed silvered dial with gilt baton hour markers, centre seconds and date aperture, the signed case back interior numbered '1685004' above '314248', the screw case back with Constellation emblem, Birmingham 1966, case diameter 3.5cm, on an Omega brown leather strap and buckle.

An early 20th century Hamilton gilt metal keyless wind open-faced gentleman's pocket watch, the signed and jewelled 972 caliber movement numbered '1557619', the signed white enamelled dial with black Arabic hour numerals, outer red Arabic minutes and subsidiary seconds, case diameter 5.2cm, together with a Hamilton base metal cased US Navy Bureau of Ships Comparing Watch, the signed case back detailed '3543-1942', case diameter 5cm.

A Bucherer enamelled and marcasite set silver spherical pendant watch with signed and jewelled movement, the signed silvered dial with gilt Arabic numeral and arrowhead shaped hour markers, the pale green guilloché enamelled case with painted pink roses, the signed case back interior detailed '0,925', total weight 16.3g, case diameter 2cm.

A Jaeger-LeCoultre 18K gold circular cased Memovox alarm gentleman's wristwatch, the signed and jewelled P489/1 caliber manual wind movement numbered '818516', the signed silvered dial with gilt hour markers, the case back interior detailed '18K 0,750, the case back numbered '572130', case diameter 3.4cm, on a black leather strap.

A platinum and diamond set rectangular cased lady's dress wristwatch with unsigned jewelled movement, the unsigned silvered dial with black Arabic hour numerals, the shaped rectangular case and strap mountings set with single cut diamonds, the case back interior detailed 'All Platinum W Bros', the case back numbered '886', on a black silk strap, total weight 13.3g, with a brown leather case.

A rare Victorian silver cased Burdess patent keyless wind open-faced gentleman's pocket watch, the gilt jewelled fusee movement with lever and ratchet winding mechanism and milled wheel at 1 o'clock to facilitate hand setting, the backplate detailed 'A. Burdess Coventry Patent' and numbered '3023', the gilt metal dust cover with pierced slot to accommodate the winding lever, the white enamelled dial with black Roman hour numerals and subsidiary seconds, the case back with engine turned decoration, London 1869, total weight 123.5g, case diameter 5cm. Note: see 'The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches', page 245 for illustration and explanation regarding this winding patent.

A Rolex platinum and diamond set oval cased lady's dress wristwatch, the jewelled movement detailed 'Rolex Observatory Quality Swiss Made', the signed silvered dial with Arabic hour numerals and blued steel hands, the oval case mounted with single cut diamonds and two lozenge shaped sapphires to the case ends, the case back interior detailed '43138', 'R.W.C.LTD PLATINUM', case width 1.4cm, on an associated white gold chain meshlink bracelet with foldover clasp, detailed '9ct Chain Craft', total weight 19.6g, with Rolex case.

A white gold and diamond set rectangular cased lady's dress wristwatch, the jewelled movement detailed 'Moeris', the silvered dial with Arabic hour numerals and detailed 'Tiny', the case front mounted with circular cut diamonds in a geometric design, the case back interior detailed '18K 0, 750 878095', case width 1.3cm, on a white gold woven meshlink bracelet with foldover clasp, detailed '9ct Chain Craft', total weight 14.8g, with a case.