Pocket Watches
Pocket Watches
Fine pocket watches, individually researched and catalogued by The Estate Collection.
The Express, an English Lever in Chester Silver, 1895
A piece of genuine Victorian watchmaking history, signed by one of England's most celebrated mail-order watch houses. Chester hallmarked to the year...
Full Hunter in a Keystone J. Boss Gold-Filled Case, 1903
A running 1903 Elgin full hunter with a flawless signed enamel dial, cased in Keystone's J.Boss gold-filled. Honest, correct and ready to...
Cylinder Watch, White Enamel Dial, Engraved Silver, c.1870s
A genuine piece of Victorian everyday horology - anonymous Swiss manufacture, cylinder escapement, white enamel dial, and an engraved silver-tone case. Running...
Silver Watch with a Hand-Guilloché Case, Cylinder, c.1880
A genuine piece of Austro-Hungarian horology from the late Victorian era - 800 silver case with hand-worked guilloché decoration, running cylinder escapement,...
Jump-Hour, Read Through Twin Apertures, c.1900-1920
Time read through windows, not hands. This rare Swiss pocket watch displays both the hour and minutes through twin apertures in a...
Bohain Silver Watch with a Full 24-Hour Inner Track, c.1900
A century-old silver pocket watch from northern France with something genuinely rare on its dial: a complete 24-hour inner track in red...
Médaille d'Or Silver, Niello Heraldic Caseback, c.1890
A Belgian-market Swiss pocket watch with a hand-engraved niello enamel heraldic caseback and a rare 24-hour chapter ring - the kind of...
Gold-Filled Full Hunter, White Enamel Dial, c.1900
A well-preserved Swiss full hunter, c.1895-1910. Gold-filled case, white enamel dial, running well.An anonymous Swiss full hunter pocket watch from around the...
One of the Last Made in Britain, Anglo-Celtic, 1962
One of the last genuinely British-made pocket watches - produced at the Anglo-Celtic factory in Wales and marked MADE IN GT. BRITAIN...
The 'Spoor en Zee Chronometer', Rotterdam, c.1890
Signed by Rotterdam retailer v.d. Eerden's as a 'Spoor en Zee Chronometer' - a professional timekeeper for railway and maritime workers. In...
Calibre 971 Chronomètre, Red 24-Hour Ring, Art Deco, c.1920
A signed Cyma Chronometre with the sought-after Calibre 971, a red 24-hour chapter ring, and an Art Deco engine-turned case.The Cyma Chronometre...
Geneva Médaille d'Or and the 1906 Milan Award, c.1910
A Swiss workers' watch with genuine exhibition pedigree. Open the case and you find an engraved record of competitive victories - Medaille...
A 25-Year Service Gift, Dutch East Indies, 1953
A silver Moeris with documented provenance: presented to DJAELAN by the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij on 1 June 1953 for 25 years of service...
Gold-Plated Watch, Seventeen Jewels and Incabloc, c.1945
A clean Swiss-made open-face with a crisp white dial and a solid 17-jewel Incabloc movement. Unpretentious, reliable, and ready to wear."Lincoln" was...
'JOTA' Dial on a Junghans Movement, ZentRa, c.1930
A rare survivor from interwar German watchmaking - a JOTA-branded open-face pocket watch with Junghans movement, distributed through the ZentRa cooperative before...
Ladies' Watch in Engraved 800 Silver, Cylinder, c.1900
A delicate Swiss ladies' pocket watch in engraved 800 silver, running well and offered honestly with all condition faults declared.Housed in a...
Engraved Rural Scene, Inscribed and Dated 1923
A Swiss pocket watch with a story carved into its back - a deeply engraved rural scene and a personal inscription dated...
Chrome Open-Face, Seventeen-Jewel Movement, c.1960s
A clean, honest Swiss pocket watch that winds, runs, and keeps time. Seventeen jewels inside, retailer-branded rather than a famous name.The Antoine...
Twelve Blue Sunburst Enamel Medallions, c.1900
A striking Belle Époque dial: twelve individual blue sunburst enamel medallions frame each Arabic numeral on the white enamel face.Twelve individual blue...
Engine-Turned 800 Silver, Grand Prix Medal, c.1920
A signed Zenith movement in an engine-turned 800 silver case, stamped with the maker's two greatest accolades. Running well. A proper piece...
Silver Watch Inscribed as a Gift, 12 December 1895
A solid 800 silver Swiss pocket watch inscribed as a personal gift on 12 December 1895, with the Swiss federal grouse hallmark...
Ladies' Pendant Watch, Rose Gold Star Case, Acanthus, c.1905
A small Edwardian pendant watch: a Swiss gilt movement in a rose gold-filled American case, hand-engraved with acanthus scrollwork.The ladies pendant pocket...
Goliath Triple Calendar and Moonphase, Gunmetal, c.1890
A true Goliath at 67mm - this unsigned Swiss pocket watch packs day, date, month, and moonphase complications into one commanding gunmetal...
Goliath with Five Working Complications, 1886
A 72mm Swiss Goliath from 1886, signed 'Phoenix Indestructible' - triple calendar and moonphase, five complications, all working after nearly 140 years.At...
Goliath Triple Calendar and Moonphase, Crimson Dial, c.1890
A fully working Swiss Goliath from the 1890s at 66mm, with triple calendar and moonphase complications intact after 130 years.This Goliath pocket...
Sprint Multi-Sport Referee Stopwatch, Red Sector Dial, c.1967
A genuine piece of sporting history. The Breitling Geneve Sprint referee stopwatch carries the bold red sector dial and sport icons that...
18ct Gold Quarter-Repeater, a Maker Held at Greenwich, c.1850
A fully functioning quarter-repeater in 18k gold, signed by its maker on the dust cover, a maker whose work is held in...
Waldenburg Silver Watch, Engine-Turned Case, c.1908
A properly made Swiss pocket watch from Revue Thommen of Waldenburg - signed movement, beautiful engine-turned silver case, clean enamel dial. Running...
Official Watch of the Italian State Railways, 1961
The official watch of Italian railway conductors - a piece of industrial history that still runs beautifully six decades on.From 1927, every...
Chrome Open-Face, Railway Dial, with its Chain, c.1960s
A solid Swiss pocket watch with a striking railway dial and a 17-jewel Incabloc movement that winds, sets, and runs exactly as...
Gold-Plated Full Hunter with its Original Albert Chain, c.1965
A complete Swiss full hunter from the 1960s - running well, clean dial, and dressed with its original gold-tone Albert chain. Ready...
Silver Key-Wind Cylinder Watch from Geneva, c.1870
Signed by Fleury of Geneva and wound by key - this Victorian cylinder pocket watch carries 150 years of quiet Swiss craft...
Fifteen Jewels, Breguet Overcoil Hairspring, c.1895
A solid, quality Swiss silver pocket watch from the golden age of Swiss horology - 15-jewel lever movement with Breguet overcoil hairspring,...
Red 24-Hour Chapter Ring, Pierced Gilt Hands, c.1895
A mid-1890s Swiss silver open-face defined by its dial - a rare 24-hour chapter ring in red, ornate pierced gilt hands, and...
Two-Tone Rose Gold and Nickel Silver, c.1908-1910
A working piece of American horological history - classic Elgin movement, striking two-tone rose gold and nickel silver case, still running well...
Silver Watch, Engine-Turned Guilloché Caseback, c.1910
A solid Swiss silver open face pocket watch from the turn of the century - engine-turned guilloche caseback, 15-jewel lever movement, running...
'Chronometro' in Silver and Rose Gold, 24-Hour Dial, c.1945
A documented Swiss precision movement from Liengme & Co. of Cormoret - in a two-tone silver case built to track every hour...
Goliath Regulator in Oxidised Steel, c.1900
A 67mm Swiss Goliath in dark oxidised steel with a gold crown and bow, framing a clean regulator dial. Large, running, and...
Eight-Day in Argentan, Wound Once a Week, c.1900-1920
A genuine rarity - an 8-day pocket watch that needed winding just once a week. This large 64mm Swiss open-face runs well...
Goliath Railway Dial in Argentan, c.1910-1925
A substantial Swiss workhorse from the early twentieth century - DOXA-signed, railway-dialled, and built to endure.The DOXA name stamped into the gilt...
Sterling Silver, Chester-Hallmarked, Gilt Movement, 1884
A handsome late Victorian sterling silver pocket watch, Chester hallmarked 1884, with a beautifully engraved gilt movement and decorative balance cock. Winds,...
The Express, an English Lever in Serota Silver, 1893
One of Sheffield's finest names on the dial, Serota silver on the case, and a remarkably clean face after 130 years. This...
Silver Key-Wind Cylinder Watch, Engraved Throughout, c.1870
A genuine Victorian survivor - runs confidently, with a pristine enamel dial and a hand-engraved silver case that speaks to the era...
Two-Tone Enamel Dial, Masonic Engraved Caseback, c.1880
A finely preserved Swiss pocket watch from the key-wind era, with an exceptional two-tone enamel dial in the Breguet tradition and Masonic...
Roskopf, Nickel, 24-Hour Dial, c.1910s
A solidly built Swiss Roskopf-type pocket watch in nickel, with a distinctive 24-hour inner chapter ring in red, made by the Société...
The Grenchen Firm that Became Eterna, in Silver, c.1890s
A well-identified Swiss silver pocket watch by Schild Frères & Co, the Grenchen firm that became Eterna in 1905. Runs perfectly, dial...
'Climax Trip Action' Patent, Retailed by H. Samuel, c.1900
A hallmarked Edwardian pocket watch from England's self-proclaimed largest lever watch maker, complete with a patented anti-overwinding mechanism and hand-finished scrollwork hands...
English Silver Key-Wind, Fully Hallmarked, c.1850s-1880s
Hallmarked English silver, running and keeping time after more than a century and a half. A genuine Victorian key-wind, ready to wear...
Eight-Day, Escapement Visible Front and Back, c.1913-1920
A pocket watch you wind once a week, not once a day, with its mechanics on full display front and back.This Louisine-signed...
Dennison Star Gold-Filled Half-Hunter, English Case, c.1925
A scarce half-hunter pocket watch in a Dennison gold-filled case, fully wound, set, and running, with a pristine white enamel dial.This half-hunter...
Gold-Filled Full Hunter, Fifteen-Jewel Movement, 1912
A 1912 Elgin full hunter in a gold filled case, pristine dial, and a movement that winds and runs cleanly.This is a...
Bond St. Movement in an English Dennison Moon Case, 1903
An American Waltham movement, cased in England in a genuine Dennison gold-filled hunter, made specifically for the export market in 1903.This is...
Full Hunter Cased by the Illinois Watch Case Co., c.1918
A Swiss Orta movement cased by the American Illinois Watch Case Co., in a gold-filled full hunter with an engine-turned back and...
Rolled Gold Full Hunter, Swiss Made, c.1930s-1950s
49.4mm rolled gold full hunter, signed dial, 17-jewel Swiss lever movement running well.This is a full hunter pocket watch signed Antoine &...
Eight-Day Watch with the Balance Turning in the Dial, c.1920s
A rare 41.6mm Hebdomas 8-day pocket watch with the maker's signature rotating visible balance, running well and in honest, undamaged condition.This Hebdomas...
Breguet-Style Blued Hands on White Enamel, c.1912
A Swiss-made Zenith in solid 0.800 silver, fully hallmarked and running clean, with a set of Breguet-style hands rarely seen on pieces...
Silver Open-Face, Grand Prix Paris 1900 Era, c.1911
A large, honest Omega from the Grand Prix Paris 1900 era, running well and ready to wear or collect.This is a substantial...
Slim Gold-Plated, Art Deco Enamel Dial, c.1933
A signed Omega from the early 1930s, its white enamel Art Deco dial still crisp behind clear glass. Slim, gold-plated and running...
'Traveler' in an English Gold-Filled Case, c.1901
A turn-of-the-century American Waltham with a pristine signed enamel dial, housed in an English gold-filled case. Wound, running and ready to wear...
Original Award-Medallion Cuvette, WWI Era, c.1915
A genuine Omega open-face pocket watch in .800 silver, dating to around 1915. A running WWI-era example from one of Switzerland's first-tier...
'Prima' in 800 Silver, Red 24-Hour Track, c.1922-1925
A large 0.800 silver Zenith of the early 1920s in the maker's Prima grade, its perfect white enamel dial carrying an uncommon...
Silver Cuvette Struck Grand Prix Paris 1900, c.1912
A genuine Zenith open-face pocket watch in 0.800 silver, triple-signed and running well, carrying the Grand Prix Paris 1900 medal cuvette that...
'7 World's Records', a Sheffield Presentation, 1928
A genuine 1920s Rolex pocket watch, fully original and still running well, carrying a dated 1928 presentation from the office staff of...
Silver Fob Watch, Key-Wind Cylinder, Plain Enamel Dial, c.1890
A compact Swiss silver fob watch from around 1890, still winding, setting and running on its original key-wind cylinder movement. Honest 0.800...
Full Hunter with a Scene-and-Scroll Engraved Case, 1893
A crisply engraved gold-filled full hunter by Elgin, dated to 1893 by its movement serial. The case is the star: scene-and-scroll engraving...
Eight-Day Goliath in Gunmetal, c.1900-1910
A big, heavy gunmetal Goliath running a genuine 8-day movement. Winds, sets and runs correctly, with a bright enamel dial and perfect...
Octagonal Case, Hand-Painted Poker Dial, c.1922
A 1920s Elgin dress watch in a smart octagonal gold-filled case, fitted with a hand-painted playing-card "poker" dial. A genuine Elgin movement...
Repoussé Silver Verge Fusee for the Dutch Market, c.1755
A running mid-18th-century verge fusee in a fine repoussé silver pair case, signed I. Wills, London and made for the Dutch market....
Silver Verge Fusee with its Heerenveen Retailer Label, c.1810
This is an English-pattern verge fusee pocket watch in matching silver pair cases, signed D.D. Neveren, London on both the enamel dial...
Bond St. Movement in a Dennison Moon Gold-Filled Case, c.1910
An American Waltham "Bond St." movement in an English Dennison "Moon" gold-filled full hunter case. Winds and runs well - an honest,...
French Silver Pair-Cased Verge Fusee, Georgian, c.1815
A large silver pair-cased verge fusee, over 60mm across, still winding, running and setting after two centuries. Honest, characterful late-Georgian horology from...
Fully Engraved Hunter Case, Swiss, c.1960s-70s
A small Swiss pendant watch with a fully engraved hunter case and a signed HENO enamel dial. It winds, sets and runs...
Red Guilloché Enamel Back, Applied Gold Rose, c.1970
A Belgian-made Pontiac pendant watch with a deep red guilloché enamel back and an applied gold rose spray. Small, elegant and fully...
Fob Watch and Bow Brooch with an H Monogram, c.1900
A complete Belle Epoque ensemble - a petite Swiss fob watch on its original black-enamel bow brooch, its enamel dial glimpsed through...
Eight-Day Watch with Twin Subsidiary Dials, La Chaux-de-Fonds
An Art Deco eight-day pocket watch by Cornioley of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the movement house trusted by Hamilton, with a twin-panel dial layout...
Dual-Patented Three-Register Step Counter, Paris, c.1893
A rare paceometer by Henri Chatelain of Paris: a three-register decimal step counter bearing dual French and German patent registration, with a...
Panda Commemorative Full Hunter, Seventeen Jewels, c.1985
A working piece of conservation history - the WWF's iconic panda on a proper German mechanical full-hunter, with a 17-jewel movement you...
The 'Envelope' in 18k Woven Gold, Ref. 9513, c.1965
Push the centre of the woven gold flap and a Piaget watch rises to meet you. Solid 18k gold, a blue sapphire...
