Genève, No. 19594, made for the Indian market, circa 1890. Very fine and unusual double-dialed 18K gold two-train, eight day going, keyless pocket watch.

C. Three-body, "demi-bassine, carrure ronde", polished. D. First: pink enamel, gold-painted radial Roman numer-als,outer minute track. Second: varicolored gold, Farsi numerals, engine-turned, floral decoration, subsidiaryseconds. M. 18''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, two-train twin-barrels, counterpoised straight linelever escapement, 23 jewels, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring,index regulator, additional gearing from the center-wheel to operate the subsidiary seconds.Diam. 54 mm.

West End Watch Co., Genève, No. 441286, ?Extra?. Made for the Indian market, circa 1910. Very fine 18K gold, minute repeating, keyless, astronomic, enamel, rose diamond and split pearl-set half-hunting cased pocket watch with full calendar, chronograph, phases of the moon and velvet lined fitted case.

C. Five-piece, hinged and sprung front cover with glazed aperture, dark blue translucent guilloché enamel chap-terring with white Roman numerals, split pearl border, outer border decorated with white-bordered red guillochéenamel and rose cut diamond-set panels, intersected with painted on enamel flowers on a dark blue enamelground, enameled band, the back cover decorated to match the front with the addition of a central rose cutdiamond set floral spray. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minutemarkers, extreme outer chronograph markers divided into fifths and with Arabic five second divisions, subsidiarydate and seconds dials, day of the week, month and moon phase apertures. Blued steel spade hands. M. 19''',frosted gilt, straight line lever escapement, 18 jewels, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguetbalance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band.Dial and case signed.Diam. 53 mm.

France. Made circa 1580. Fine and very rare miniature striking gilt brass weight driven wall clock with alarm.

C. Rectangular lantern form, flanked by part reeded, part fluted columns of square section, moulded base onlion's paw feet, the side panels with hinged central doors and engraved with masks and scroling foliage on ahatched ground, the dial plate en suite and the back panel centered with the initials A.G. and I.H.S. incorporatedwith a cross. Moulded top surmounted with a pierced and engraved dome over the bell and flanked by fourrampant lions, turned vase finial, fixed loop and wall spikes, brass-clad lead weights. D. Silver chapter ring withengraved Roman numerals and half-hour arrow divisions. Single gilt brass hand. M. Three-bar in line with addi-tionalbars at right angles for mounting the gilt count-wheel and alarm-setting disc. Part gilt trains with serratedsteel drums for the ropes. Three-wheel going train with verge escapement, single-arm brass balance with sprunglever to lift the verge and disengage the pallets for setting to time. Simple C scroll cock. Striking train with fourblade solid fly, the count-wheel with internal hour division slots and driven off the great wheel by a transversemounted wheel with turret pinion. Alarm train with constantly engaged hour disc calibrated with Arabic numer-als,with friction-tight setting disc with a detent for releasing the transverse mounted locking arm. Crown wheeland verge controller with double-ended hammer. Both trains striking on a cloche bell.Dim. 150 x 75 x 75 mm.

?John Stephens? Robert Grinkin, London. Made circa 1625, arms engraved circa 1700. Very fine and rare early gilt brass and silver pre-balance spring oval pendant watch.

C. Two-body, silver band chased with foliage, outer hinged cover engraved with the arms of John Stephens,Attorney General to Henry, Prince of Wales and Charles I, the inner surface engraved with a laurel wreath.D. Oval dial plate finely chased and engraved with inhabited foliage, applied silver chapter ring with radial Romannumerals and star half-hour markers. Elaborate blued steel single hand. M. Hinged gilt brass oval full-plate withround baluster pillars, the backplate with engraved foliate band on the border, fusee with gut line, verge escape-ment,plain steel two-arm balance without spring, irregular florally pierced gilt brass cock secured by a pin, ratchetwheel set-up with matching cock.Signed on the backplate.Dim. 58 x 35 mm.

?Charming Lady? Jaques Gradelle, Geneva, circa 1700. Fine and rare gilt brass "oignon" watch with painted on enamel portrait cock attributed to the Huaud workshop, and false pendulum.

C. Two-body, "oignon", bezel and back engraved with foliatescrolls. D. White enamel, large blue painted Roman numerals oncartouches raised in relief, outer minute track and Arabic five minute markers, inner quarter-hour ring. Piercedgilt metal hands. M. 44 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escape-mentwith four-arm steel balance and short balance-spring, cock finely painted on enamel with a young lady ina low cut blue dress and red wrap, heart-shaped false pendulum, Arabic regulator dial.Signed on the movement.Diam. 58 mm.

?Mock Pendulum? Boucheret A Paris, circa 1720. Very fine gilt bronze oignon pocket watch with mock pendulum.

C. Double-body, back chiseled with a bacchanalian sceneenclosed within a lambrequin, mask and foliate strapworkborder, the bezel decorated to match. D. White enamel withraised cartouches for blue radial Roman numeral hours, innerquarter-hour enamel ring, outer minute markers and Arabicfive-minute markers. Steel "fleur-de-lis" hand. M. 46 mm,hinged gilt brass full plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fuseewith chain, verge escapement, steel three-arm balance, flatbalance-spring, rack and pinion regulator, large Louis XIV cockchased with foliage and dragons, mock pendulum aperture.Back plate signed.Diam. 58 mm.

?Mock Pendulum? D. Millard à Paris, circa 1710. Fine gilt metal and leather-covered oignon pocket watch with mock pendulum.

C. Two-body, hinged bezel and back overlaid with leather.D. Gilt metal and enamel, chased and engraved with birds andfoliage, white enamel cartouches painted with blue Romannumerals, inner quarter hour markers. Single blued steel fleur-de-lis hand. M. 44 mm, gilt, divided Egyptian pillars, fusee withchain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat blued steelspring, chased and engraved balance cock with mock pendulumaperture, rack regulation.Movement signed.Diam. 59 mm.

Austria, probably Vienna. Made circa 1780. Fine brass miniature striking lantern table clock.

C. Rectangular, the front with engraved trellis pattern decora-tion,hinged and glazed side doors similarly decorated, raised onturned feet and a further shaped plinth, the top with four turnedfinials, bell mounted above with a further finial. D. Whiteenamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabicfive minute numerals. Pierced gilt hands. M. Four-post steelframe, three linear brass wheel-plates, spring barrels, tic-tacescapement, pendulum with flat circular brass bob, the strikingtrain with count-wheel arranged behind the going train, strikingthe hours and half-hours with a single hammer.Dim. 170 x 56 x 58 mm.

James Tregent, Leicester Square, London, No. 1215, English, circa 1765. Very fine, George III gold and enamel quar-ter repeating on a bell and à tact pair-cased watch with matching chatelaine and key.

C. Outer: two-body, "Consular", back richly decorated withtranslucent imperial blue and white enamel wavy-lines and guil-lochésand centered with a two-handled vase, bezel decorated ensuite. Inner: two-body, made by Peter Mounier (PM), plainhinged bezel, the back of the case pierced and finely chased andengraved with rococo scrolls, shells, flowers and foliage. Gilt dustcover. Châtelaine: of four links decorated en suite with fourchains terminating in gold hooks, gold urn-seal, key, magnifyingglass and locket attached. D. White enamel, radial Romannumerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic mark-ers.Blued steel "beetle and poker" hands. M. 30 mm., frostedgilt full plate with cylindrical ringed pillars, fusee and chain,cylinder escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring,pierced, chased and engraved single-footed cock, diamondendstone, silver regulation dial with Roman numerals, repeatingwith two hammers on a bell activated by depressing thependant.Signed on the movement and dust cover. Outer case punchedwith casemaker's initials IR. The bell scratch-signed "Drury".Diam. 47 mm. Height 185 mm.109

"Spanish Royal Presentation" Francois Louis Godon, Relox de Camara de S.M.C, No. 184, Paris, circa 1800. With Paris gold discharge marks from 19 June 1798 to 31 August 1809. Very fine and rare 18K gold and painted on ivory pocket watch with calendar and concealed portrait of King Carlos IV of Spain. Presented to Don Francisco de Soria.

C. Three-body, "Directoire", by Guillaume Mermillod, polished, hinged and sprung concave bezel with millededge, polished band, pendant and bow, hinged and sprung back cover engraved with a laurel wreath and withmilled border. Cuvette set with a fine painted on enamel portrait of Carlos IV protected by a glazed cover.D. White enamel, upright Roman numerals, dot minute divisions with Arabic quarter minute markers, outer datenumerals, inscribed "Soy de Don Fran.co de Soria y". Pierced gold hour and minute hands, blued steel calendarhand. M. 47 mm., full plate, frosted gilt, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, piercedand chased balance cock, blued steel regulation hand with applied silver calibrated scale. Frosted gilt dust cover.Signed on the dust cover - F.L. Godon, Ro. de Camara de S.M.C. (Watchmaker to the Chamber of His CatholicMajesty). Case punched with maker's mark and numbered.Diam. 61 mm.

"Rape of Proserpina" Probably German. Made circa 1790. Very fine and very rare carved ivory pocket watch with ivory and mother of pearl movement, chain and keys.

C. Two-body, hinged sprung cover with a circular carved panel in high relief depicting Minerva, Aphrodite andDiana with Pluto and putti, the back with a similarly carved panel continuing the story and depicting Pluto carry-ingoff Proserpina in his chariot drawn by four horses, the inside of each cover with a finely painted on paperminiature coat of arms and a view of a fortified town, ivory stem and bow. Chain carved from a single piece ofivory terminating in two carved ivory keys. D. Small, mother of pearl, Arabic numerals, outer dot minute mark-ers,ivory dial plate carved with figures of night and day in relief flanking the dial. Ivory hands. M. Ivory, turnedpillars, fusee with steel chain, verge escapement, five-arm mother of pearl balance, blued steel flat balance-spring,continental pierced ivory balance cock, mother of pearl regulation dial.Diam. 54 mm.

Attributed to Mikhail Semyonovitch Bronnikov, circa 1865. Very rare and fine watch entirely made of birch wood and bone, in a wooden case, accompanied by its original long carved wood chain and key.

C. Double-body, hinged back cover, polished, bezels with turned ribs at the edges, small circles in the center.Chain: single, carved from birch wood, 6 mm ring-links. D. Wooden with Arabic numerals on bone cartouchesand subsidiary seconds. Bone hands. M. Entirely made of wood with pinned wooden bridges, excluding the main-spring,balance-spring and pivots, with going barrel, cylinder escapement with bone staff, plain wood three-armbalance, bone regulator.Diam. 45 mm.

"King Farouk" Universal, Genève, No. 1505534, Ref. 112167. Made circa 1950. Very fine and very rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with painted on enamel dial with the Egyptian Royal arms.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, straightcurved lugs. D. Off-white enamel, painted with the RoyalEgyptian arms, applied pink gold triangular indexes and Arabicquarter-hour numerals. Gold "dauphine" hands. M. 12''',rhodium-plated, brushed, straight line lever escapement, mono-metallicbalance with self-compensating blued steel flat balancespring, index regulator. Movement and case signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

"The Stag Hunt" Universal, Genève, No. 1565228, Ref. 2167. Made circa 1950. Very fine and unusual 18K yellow gold gentleman's wrist-watch with "cloisonné" enamel dial.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved straight lugs.D. In polychrome "cloisonné" enamel representing a BlackForest hunter sounding his horn with a hound in pursuit of astag, applied yellow gold triangular and tapered indexes. Yellowgold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 262, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels,straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensatingflat balance spring.Case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm.

France, No. 1038. Made circa 1850. Fine and rare gothic revival musical, gilt and silvered bronze table clock with automaton railway and inlaid rose wood base.

C. Gilt and silvered bronze, in the form of a Gothic cathedral and town with gateway, towers, turrets and crock-etedfinials, a cord operated automaton railway signal on one finial, raised upon a rock-work and flower hillsidebase, at each side a railway tunnel from which two lines of trains and carriages travel across. Rose wood veneeredbase with stringing and floral inlay to the front and containing the musical movement. D. Gilt, set in the facadeof the cathedral and in the form of a rose window, painted Roman numerals on raised cartouches. Blued steel"cathedrale" hands. M. Rectangular plates, two spring barrels, anchor escapement, silk suspension, outside count-wheelstriking the hours and half-hours on a bell, the hammer also activating a lever which pulls a cord connectedto a bell housed in a cupola on top of the case - thus appearing to strike when the clock movement strikes.Musical movement. 14cm pinned brass cylinder playing a choice of two tunes, one-piece steel comb,independent movement for the automata with rectangular brass plates, large spring barrel, three wheels and afly, a pulley and cord system operating the train automata, another rod acting against a star-wheel and connectedto a cord operating the signal on the roof of the cathedral. Automaton and music stops and selection slide inthe side of the base.Dim. 67 x 28.5 cm.

Neuchâtel area. Made circa 1820. Very fine and very rare three-train, eight-day quarter striking and repeating wall regulator with dead centre seconds.

C. Pine, the sliding hood with pointed cresting, straight-sided trunk with hinged door, the base with glazed demi-luneaperture and tapering to a point. D. Off-white stove enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track andArabic five minute numerals. Finely pierced gilt hour and minute hands with half-moon terminals, blued steelcentre seconds hand. M. Large rectangular shaped brass plates, four turned pillars, three trains with three leadweights, deadbeat escapement, pump-action striking, the hours with a single hammer mounted on the left of themovement, striking the quarter hours with three hammers on a nest of three bells, pull repeat, strike workmounted on the backplate, brass bob pendulum with steel rod.Dim. 165 x 39 cm.

"Oiseaux Chanteur" Jacques Bruguier, Geneva, No. 278. Made circa 1840. Very fine 18K gold, enamel and rose cut diamond-set singing bird box, in a fitted box.

C. Two-part, rectangular with lobed corners, the lid chased with foliage over a translucent imperial blue enamelground, singing bird medallion similarly decorated and set with three large rose-cut diamonds, the front and sidepanels engraved with geometrical decoration, engine-turned base with elaborate floral engraving. Singing birdmovement: rectangular, 88 x 44 mm, three-quarter plate, turned pillars, fusee and chain, rectangular bellows, birdwith moving head, wings, beak and tail, nine cams controlling the piston and the bird movements, long durationof singing, precision cam-controlled lifting mechanism, pierced gold grill engraved with foliage.Scratch signed on the movement, punch numbered.Dim 96 x 53 x 31 mm.

"Revolving Escapement Carriage Clock" Antoine Redier et fils (R.R.), Paris, Breveté, No. 110104. Made circa 1895. Very fine and very rare gilt brass eight-day carriage clock with revolving escapement and striking and repeating the hours and half hours.

C. Multi-piece, "canelee", gilt brass, hinged carrying handle,dedicated moulded top with oval bevelled glass viewing port,moulded pillars, the front, sides and hinged door fitted withbevelled glass, moulded base. D. White enamel with radialRoman numerals, outer minute indexes and Arabic five minutenumerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular polishedbrass plates, four turned pillars, two spring barrels, silvered andgilt square platform engraved with foliage, with rotating escape-mentcarriage with two-arm bridge, straight line lever escape-ment,bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance-spring,regulator arm, striking the hours on both the hour andhalf-hour on a gong, repeating activated by depressing a buttonon the top. Dial and movement signed.Dim. 144 x 92 x 83 mm.

"Secondes Foudroyantes" Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 13964. Made for Freeman & Crankshaw, for the North American market, circa 1870. Very fine and important 18K gold, heavy, hunting-cased pocket watch with minute repeating, double-train, independent split seconds, chronograph with 1/5 second diablotine and Jürgensen's patent bow setting.

C. Five-body, "bassine et filets", engine turned and polished.Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numer-als,outer minute track, outermost seconds divided into fifths,subsidiary fifth-second jump diablotine. Blued-steel "Breguet"hands. M. 40 mm (18'''), nickel, 42 jewels, straight line counter-poisedlever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguetbalance-spring, tandem winding, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band,chronograph split-seconds function locked when cover is closed.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 50 mm.

Jules Jürgensen, Co-penhagen, No. 13919, made in Switzerland for the North American market, circa 1870. Very fine and rare 18K gold minute-repeating, heavy, open hunt-ing- cased, keyless chronograph pocket watch with Jürgensen's patent hand setting mechanism.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, the back cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette withengine turned border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outer chronographtrack divided into fifths, Arabic five second divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 20''', rhodium-plated, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, bluedsteel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide inthe band, Jürgensen's patent bow hand setting mechanism, chronograph split-seconds function locked whencover is closed.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 57 mm.