?Italian Oignon Alarm? Gio(vanni) Bat(is)ta Callin Genoua. Made circa 1690. Very fine and extremely rare, silver pair-cased singlehand pocket watch with alarm.

C. Outer: two-body, the back and bezel pierced with ringed sound holes, square hinge. Inner: two-body, "bassine" with deep back, the band pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and grotesque masks, polished split bezel, loose ring pendant. D. Silver chapter ring with bold champlevé radial Roman numerals, inner half and quarter-hour ring, central silver alarm disc with Arabic numerals and steel arrowhead pointer indicating the hours, blued steel alarm setting hand. M. 42 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance spring, continental type cock pierced and engraved with scrolling inhabited foliage, Tompion type regulator with graduated silver disc, alarm with foliate chased fixed barrel and steel train, striking on a bell with a double-ended hammer. Movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.

?French Oignon? L. De Lepee, a Paris. Made circa 1700. Very fine, silver "oignon" watch with single hand and alarm.

C. Two-body, "oignon" type, polished with pierced bezels for sound, gilt brass band beneath the dial pierced and engraved with foliage and exotic birds, square hinge, loose ring pendant. D. White enamel, bold Roman numerals on raised cartouches, inner quarter-hour ring, winding apertures at 4 and 9, center with silver alarm disc with Arabic numerals and steel fleur-de-lis pointer indicating hours, blued steel alarm setting hand. M. 46 mm, hinged, fire-gilded full plate with divided Egyptian pillars with fluted silver tops, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance spring, cock pierced and engraved with scrolls and birds, rack type regulator with silver regulation disc and foliate silver feet, alarm with fixed engraved barrel and steel train, striking on a bell with both sides of a double-ended hammer. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm.

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?Vice and Virtue? Miroir, London (Spiegel, Friedberg). Made circa 1740. Extremely fine and rare, large, repoussé silver, four-train coach watch with hour and quarter striking and repeating, date and alarm.

C. Two-body, very finely pierced, chased and engraved with scrollwork and rocailles, bezel decorated to match, the back with a scene representing the temptations of vice over virtue, strike/silent lever in the dial plate, pendant with loose barrel and ring. D. Silver champlevé with radial Roman numerals, outer arcaded minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, date aperture above 12, inner alarm disc with Arabic numerals and half and quarter hour markers. Blued steel pierced hands. M. 83 mm., gilt, full-plate, rectangular pillars with applied silver foliate frets, fusee with chain, foliate engraved spring barrels for the striking, repeating and alarm trains, polished steel hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance-spring, very finely pierced, chased and engraved backplate furniture, polished steel endplate, calibrated silver regulator disc with radial Roman numerals. Movement signed. Diam. 116 mm.

?Pocket Chronometer? Winnerl, No. 93. Made circa 1840. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold, 36-hour going, pocket chronometer with power reserve sector.

C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, (Mastermark L.S.), No. 785, polished, reeded band. Gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds at 6, power reserve sector below 12 calibrated from 0 - 36. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 52 mm (23''', gilt brass, three-quarter plate, 8 jewels, the escape wheel jewels in screwed gold chatons, reverse fusee with chain, inset barrel secured by an elliptical plate, maintaining power, gold train, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement with jeweled locking stone, cut bimetallic compensation balance with round platinum sliding temperature weights, platinum mean time and temperature screws, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Dial, cuvette and movement signed, case numbered and stamped with French export poinçon used from July 1840. Mainspring signed Bourquin, Juin 1840. Diam. 58 mm.

?Deck Chronometer? Henri Motel, Horloger de la Marine, Paris, No. 276, circa 1850. Very fine and rare marine deck watch with pivoted detent escapement.

C. Triple-body mahogany deck watch box. Brass case en forme de tabatière secured inside the mahogany box. D. Silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, fusee with Harrisson?s maintaining power and chain under separate bridge, another for the train, escapement in duo-plan arrangement, Motel?s pivoted detent escapement of Louis Berthoud design, four-arm cut bimetallic balance with sliding temperature weights, free-sprung blued steel conical balance spring, jeweled impulse with protection strip, locking and unlocking pallets, escape wheel teeth with pin holes for oil retention. Signed on dial, case and movement. Dim. 17 x 14 x 9 cm.

?Deck Chronometer? Kessels, Altona, No. 1303. Made circa 1830. Very fine, silver, pocket and deck chronometer in three-tier mahogany fitted display box.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished. Silver hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, five-minute Arabic numerals, large subsidiary seconds at 12. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 51 mm (22'''), full plate, frosted gilt, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with brass temperature screws and four brass mean time nuts, blued steel helical free-sprung balance spring with outer terminal curves, diamond endstone, escapement jeweled with endstones. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.

?Deck Chronometer? A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte/Sa., No. 202902. Made circa 1942. Fine, keyless, nickel deck and pocket lever chronometer with power reserve indication and special balance. Made for the Kriegsmarine Observation Service, No. M11428.

C. Four-body, "bassine,? polished, back cover engraved with the Observation Service number. Hinged stainless steel cuvette. D. Brushed, silvered with painted black ?Dauphine? numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 3, power reserve indication at 9. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 21''' caliber 48, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, 17-jewels, straight line lever escapement with lateral banking extension on the entry pallet, Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with patent stud fastening, swan-neck micrometer adjustment to the regulator. Case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.

A. Lange & Söhne, Deutsche Uhrenfabrikation, Glashutte, I/SA, No. 75133. Made circa 1915. Fine silver and gold keyless pocket watch.

C.Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, gold hinges. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel, three-piece, with black Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm., 18???, frosted gilt, three-quarter plate, straight line lever escapement, gold escape wheel and pallet fork, Lange cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 54 mm.

?Precision Timekeeper? August Ericsson, St. Petersburg, No. 1199, movement No. 9865. Made circa 1900. Very fine and rare, keyless, silver deck and pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement and Guillaume balance.

C. Four-body, "bassine?, polished with gold hinges. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 48 mm (22'''), frosted gilt, 15 jewels, Earnshaw- type spring detent escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and case signed, movement numbered on the pillar plate. Diam. 58 mm.

?Deck Chronomètre? Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneve, No. 25426. Made circa 1939. Fine silver, keyless, circuit-break lever chronometer deck watch with power reserve indication and Guillaume balance.

C. Four-body, massive, "bassine et filet", polished, silver bolt at 6 to activate the circuit-breaking, insulated and non-insulated silver pins for transmitting the signal. Silver hinged cuvette. D. Matte silvered with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and 36-hour up-and-down scale. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 50 mm (22'''), frosted and gilt, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Anibal-brass Guillaume balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometric regulator, escape wheel pinion fitted with a cam for contact- breaking each second. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 64 mm.

?Clifford Magnetic Escapement? Hamilton, ?Railway Special?, No. C390218. Made in the 1940s and one of only two known examples to be fitted with a prototype Clifford magnetic escapement, by the firm of Horstmann Clifford Magnetics Ltd., of Bath, England, circa 1950. Fine and exceptionally rare, keyless, 10K gold-filled pocket watch with patent Montgomery dial and special escapement, with the original Hamilton box and guarantee. Accompanied by a box and certificate.

C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, screwed-down back and bezel with reeded and dot decoration, large bow. D. White enamel ?Montgomery?, with large Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, and individual Arabic minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?Spade? hands. M. 18???, rhodium plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, now fitted with a Clifford magnetic escapement with a ?Mumetal? pierced escape wheel and spring-blade detent -type resonator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 51 mm.

?La leçon de chant? Frères Rochat, Geneva, No. 120, made for the Chinese market, circa 1815. Exceptional and unique large rectangular 18K gold and enamel pearl- and diamond-set large singing bird box featuring two birds with rare forward movement of the head and body.

C. Four-body, the center of the front lid with aperture for large very finely painted on enamel medallion with flowers and fruits, which when lifted reveals two birds rising over a realistically painted enamel nest with straw and flowers and champlevé enamel border. Between them is a vase with diamond-set flowers, at which the birds appear to peck. The birds rotate, turn their heads, move their heads back and forth, lean forward, flap their wings and and tails and open their beaks to sing, one after the other. The top panel decorated with gold scrolling and champlevé foliate and floral patterns against pink champlevé enamel, outer edges and aperture set with half pearls, one side hinged revealing the key compartment. Side panels and the base decorated with translucent green enamel over double pattern engine-turning with frames of white and pink champlevé enamel and blue enamel flowers. M. Rectangular, 100 x 65 mm. brass, large going barrel, twelve cams and a whistle with sliding piston for the song?s modulation. The cams rotate four times per song and lift one step every rotation, allowing a long duration of singing. Addfitional set of four cams mounted on the extension of the third wheel for controlling the bird movement. Cam and fusee-like chain controlling the raising of the medallion and the birds. Punched with the maker?s mark FR and serial number on the inside of the front plate. Diam. 105 x 72 x 40 mm.

?Skull and Cross Bones? Nicolaus Schmidt der Junger, (Augsburg), circa 1620. Extremely fine and almost certainly unique gilt bronze automaton pre balance-spring table watch designed as a skull, which opens and closes its jaws automatically while automaton snakes come in and out of the eye sockets.

C. Designed as a skull set on two crossed shinbones and mounted on a gilt brass tripod, the hinged skull cap (restored) disclosing the dial. Later hexagonal ebony molded base. D. Silver champlevé enameled dial with floral decoration. Gilt brass single hand. M. Hinged oval gilt brass full plate with urn pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel two-arm balance without spring, gilt brass pierced and engraved irregular cock secured by a screw, with matching click for the ratchet wheel set-up. The movements of the automaton jaw and the snakes in the eyes are controlled by two six-spoke cams driven by the fusee and revolving twenty times an hour, so that the jaws take three minutes to open and then close suddenly while the snakes alternately pop out of, then return back into, each eye socket, twice a minute. Height 14 cm, including the base. Back plate signed.

?Fermée-Type? Jolly, Paris circa 1640. Very fine gilt brass savonette pendant pre balance-spring, single hand watch with barley corn engraving.

C. Two-body, ?fermée type? with curved?in edge, formed of eight lobes engraved with what was later to be called the Barley corn pattern, centered by a rosette, front cover en suite, round pendant, loose ring. D. Silver ring, champlevé radial Roman numerals, half-hour markers fixed to gilt brass engraved plate with a city scene in the center, stylized foliage on the border. Blued steel ?tulip? hand. M. 30 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut, short train, verge escapement, circular iron foliot, irregular pinned cock, pierced and engraved gilt brass click for the ratchet-wheel mainspring set-up. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 35 mm. To be sold without reserve

?Automn Flowers? David du Chemin A Rouen, circa 1640. Fine gilt brass pre-balance spring, single-hand pendant watch.

C. Two-body, ?bassine? with curved-in edge, formed of eight lobes engraved with repeated pattern, round pendant, loose ring. D. Gilt brass, champlevé radial Roman numerals, half-hour markers, central filled with engraved floral decoration. Blued steel ?arrowhead? hand. M. 29 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate, turned baluster pillars, fusee and gut, short train, verge escapement, circular iron foliot, irregular cock secured by a screw, pierced and engraved gilt brass click for the ratchet-wheel mainspring set-up. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 34 mm. To be sold without reserve

?The Seashell? Humfrey Downing, Fecit, London. Made circa 1650. Very fine and very rare silver, oval, pre?balance spring, single-hand pendant watch in the form of a seashell with concealed dial.

C. Two-body, "fermée type", oval with deep back, chased and engraved to resemble a seashell, small pendant, loose ring. D. Silver ring with champlevé radial Roman numerals and inner quarter-ring, fleur-de-lys half hour markers, fixed to silver dial plate very finely engraved with flowers. Blued steel "tulip" hand M. Oval, 37 x 29 mm, full plate gilt brass, slender divided Egyptian pillars, fusee and gut, short train, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, irregular small-footed pinned cock, worm-gear mainspring set-up with silver calibrated plate. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 42 x 34 mm excluding pendant. To be sold without reserve

?The Cherub? Denis Bordier, Genève. Made for the Russian market circa 1640. Very fine and exceptionally rare, silver, oval, pre-balance spring pendant watch.

C. Oval, two-body, ?fermée? type, fully chased with flowers and foliage, the cover decorated with a cherub leaning on a shield, back centered with a small landscape. Chased lower finial and loose ring pendant. D. Gilt brass chapter ring engraved with radial Roman numerals and half-hour divisions, applied on the hinged silver plate located by four lugs and entirely engraved with scrolling foliage. Gilt brass single ?tulip? hand. M. 38 x 44 mm, oval, hinged, gilt brass, fusee with gut, the back plate engraved with flowers and foliage, elaborate pierced and engraved gilt brass pillars, short three-wheel train, verge escapement, plain steel two-arm foliot without spring, irregular gilt brass pierced and florally engraved balance cock secured by a pin, ratchet wheel set up with matching decoration. Movement signed. Dim. 47 x 53 mm, excluding finials. To be sold without reserve

?Flowers and Foliage? Rousseau, A Gien (France). Made circa 1630. Very fine and rare, pre balance-spring, singlehand pendant watch with alarm.

C. Two-body, "fermée type" with curved-in edge, band pierced and engraved with flowers and foliage, polished back and front cover. D. Gilt metal with radial Roman numerals and half-hour divisions, revolving alarm disc in the center with an engraved petal rosette and steel "fleur-de-lis" hour pointer. Steel alarmsetting hand. M. 39 mm, hinged, frosted gilt full plate, baluster pillars, fusee and gut, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, small cock (later), ratchet wheel mainspring set-up with finely pierced and engraved click, alarm mechanism driven from fixed barrel pierced and engraved with floral motifs, steel train and double-ended hammer. Movement signed. Diam. 52 mm. To be sold without reserve

?Tending The Flock? Jeremie Gregory, at Royall Exchainge (London). Made circa 1665. Fine, silver pair-cased pre balance-spring, single-hand watch.

C. Outer: Two-body, shagreen-covered (formerly with pinwork decoration). Inner: Two-body, "bassine?, polished, with split bezel and loose-ring pendant. D. Silver with radial Roman numerals, the center engraved with a scene depicting a shepherd and his sheep in the foreground, a village in the background. Blued steel arrow single hand. M. 37 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with early divided Egyptian pillars, fusee with gut-line, short train, verge escapement, circular steel foliot, worm-and-wheel set-up with pierced blued steel brackets and silver regulator disc, silver florally pierced and engraved cock secured by a screw. Movement signed. Diam. 49 mm. To be sold without reserve