{"title":"Shop by Maker: Other Swiss Makers","description":"Swiss pocket watches from the smaller houses and unsigned workshops that supplied the trade: cylinder and lever movements, silver and gunmetal cases, enamel dials. Individually researched, honestly graded, and confirmed in running order.","products":[{"product_id":"gransar-bricout-silver-pocket-watch-dual-24-hour-dial-engraved-caseback-c-1895","title":"Bohain Silver Watch with a Full 24-Hour Inner Track, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century-old silver pocket watch from northern France with something genuinely rare on its dial: a complete 24-hour inner track in red Arabic numerals, running alongside the standard 12-hour chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a distinctive late Victorian pocket watch that earns its place in any collection for one reason: the dial. Rather than the standard 12-hour configuration, the white enamel face carries both a 12-hour outer chapter ring and a complete 24-hour inner track in vivid red Arabic numerals - a feature associated with railway workers, telegraph operators, and travellers who needed to read the time in both conventions at a glance. The combination is rare to find intact and in running order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is silver, lever-opening to reveal a gilded Swiss lever movement and a polished dome dust cover. The outer caseback is the visual highlight: fully engraved with flowing Belle Epoque scrollwork, floral motifs, and two birds in flight flanking a blank shield cartouche that was never personalised - the engraving remains crisp and well-defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial is signed by Gransar-Bricout of Bohain, a French horloger-bijoutier from the Aisne region of northern France whose name appears on dials made to order for local clientele - a common and charming practice among provincial French retailers of the era. The movement runs well and the push-button hand-setting functions correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gransar-Bricout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239730237779,"sku":"PW-0004","price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/gransar-bricout-silver-pocket-watch-c1895-front.jpg?v=1783550064"},{"product_id":"belgica-silver-pocket-watch-niello-heraldic-caseback-24-hour-dial-c-1885","title":"Médaille d'Or Silver, Niello Heraldic Caseback, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Belgian-market Swiss pocket watch with a hand-engraved niello enamel heraldic caseback and a rare 24-hour chapter ring - the kind of piece that rewards a second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced in Switzerland for the Belgian market under the \"Belgica\" trade name, this open-face pocket watch carries a gold medal quality claim - \"Medaille D'Or\" - engraved on its gilt dustcap alongside the jewel count: 10 Rubis. The caseback is the centrepiece: hand-engraved silver filled with black niello enamel to produce a heraldic scene of a lion rampant on a shield, surrounded by dense scrollwork and floral borders, with matching niello decoration running around the bezel. The Belgian lion in niello enamel on a Belgian-market watch is a satisfying piece of provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is clean and legible, with Roman hour numerals and an outer chapter ring in red Arabic numerals running to 24 - a Continental European feature associated with railway and postal timekeeping that you rarely see at this price point. Gilt hands, a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, and a glass crystal complete the dial picture. The 10-jewel lever movement is marked \"DEPOSE\" (registered design) and runs reliably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 0.800 silver case is 43mm across and in honest good condition - age-appropriate wear and light tarnish, no dents or damage. A small hairline crack on the dial at VIII\/20 is the only material fault in an otherwise attractive piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belgica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239738167635,"sku":"PW-0005","price":350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/belgica-silver-pocket-watch-c1885-front.jpg?v=1783550306"},{"product_id":"cyma-chronometre-pocket-watch-red-24-hour-dial-art-deco-nickel-case-c-1918","title":"Calibre 971 Chronomètre, Red 24-Hour Ring, Art Deco, c.1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA signed Cyma Chronometre with the sought-after Calibre 971, a red 24-hour chapter ring, and an Art Deco engine-turned case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cyma Chronometre sat at the upper end of Cyma's production, built to a higher accuracy standard than the era's standard timepiece. It uses the Calibre 971: a 15-jewel movement with gold-set ruby bearings, a signed bridge plate, and Cyma's own patented construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced circa 1918-1925 at the height of Cyma's reputation as one of Switzerland's most reliable mid-grade manufacturers, this example houses movement serial 225235 in a 47mm open-face case of nickel silver, its back covered in a crisp engine-turned geometric diamond pattern framed by milgrain and foliate engraving at the bezel, in the Art Deco style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is signed \"Chronometre \/ Cyma\" and carries elegant gilt italic Arabic numerals with a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock. The outer chapter ring, printed in red, marks the 24-hour scale - an unusual and attractive feature that lends the dial real visual distinction. Gilt sword hands complete the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement winds, sets, and runs well. The case decoration is well-preserved. The dial carries light age spotting consistent with over a century of life, adding honest patina without detracting from legibility. One small dent is present on the caseback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA genuine high-grade Swiss Chronometre from the interwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cyma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239751143763,"sku":"PW-0009","price":550.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/cyma-nickel-pocket-watch-c1918-front.jpg?v=1783551050"},{"product_id":"roskopf-patent-open-face-pocket-watch-exhibition-award-engraving-white-enamel-dial-c-1906","title":"Geneva Médaille d'Or and the 1906 Milan Award, c.1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss workers' watch with genuine exhibition pedigree. Open the case and you find an engraved record of competitive victories - Medaille d'Or from Geneva and Diplome d'Honneur from the 1906 Milan International Exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roskopf Patent was Georges Frederic Roskopf's 1867 design for an affordable, robust working man's watch. This example, made in Geneva in the years following the 1906 Milan International Exhibition, carries the credentials of an award-winning maker: the inner case back is engraved with Medaille d'Or (Geneva) and Diplome d'Honneur (Milan 1906), surrounded by a ring of prize medallion engravings that document a competitive record across European exhibitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is clean and unmarked, with bold Arabic numerals, a distinctive red 24-hour outer ring, and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. The gilt hands are ornate and intact. The movement - a classic Roskopf pin-lever in gilded brass - winds smoothly and runs well. The push-button crown mechanism is fully functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNickel silver open-face case with embossed Roskopf star medallion to the outer case back. Light surface wear consistent with age. No box or papers. An honest piece with a genuine story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roskopf Patent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239756091731,"sku":"PW-0010","price":170.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/roskopf-nickel-pocket-watch-c1906-front.jpg?v=1783552314"},{"product_id":"moeris-silver-pocket-watch-kpm-25-year-service-presentation-dutch-colonial-c-1940","title":"A 25-Year Service Gift, Dutch East Indies, 1953","description":"\u003cp\u003eA silver Moeris with documented provenance: presented to DJAELAN by the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij on 1 June 1953 for 25 years of service in the Dutch East Indies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced in the early-to-mid 1940s by Fabrique de montres Moeris of St-Imier, Switzerland, this open-face pocket watch was not sold through a jeweller or passed as a gift. It was a long-service award. The inscription on the inner caseback reads: KPM seal - DJAELAN \/ 1-6-1953 \/ 25 TAHUN. Twenty-five years of service. Dutch company, Indonesian employee, colonial era to post-independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij - the Royal Dutch Packet Navigation Company - was founded in Amsterdam in 1888 and became the dominant inter-island shipping company of the Dutch East Indies. Its fleet connected hundreds of islands across an archipelago the size of Europe. On 1 June 1953, eight years after Indonesian independence and four years before KPM's fleet was nationalised by President Sukarno, the company presented this watch to DJAELAN for 25 years of service. He had started in approximately 1928, during the Dutch colonial era, and stayed through occupation, revolution, and independence - long enough for the company to mark it with silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch itself is a Moeris Calibre 17B: a 15-jewel manual-wind movement produced from around 1940, with a bimetallic screw balance, Breguet hairspring, and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock. It runs well. The 0.800 silver case is decorated with engine-turned guilloche on the outer caseback - concentric circles radiating from a central cartouche - and opens in two stages to reveal the movement, stamped MOERIS on the bridge. The dial carries gold-tone Arabic numerals, matching hands, and Swiss hallmarks confirm the silver: 0.800 fineness, crown export mark, and case maker punch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is honest: light age-related spotting on the cream dial, surface wear on the silver consistent with seventy-plus years. Nothing hidden. Documented provenance of this specificity - named recipient, exact date, identifiable company - is uncommon in the mid-century Swiss market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moeris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239774048595,"sku":"PW-0011","price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/moeris-silver-pocket-watch-c1940-front.jpg?v=1783552504"},{"product_id":"lincoln-gold-plated-pocket-watch-17-jewels-incabloc-sub-seconds-c-1938","title":"Gold-Plated Watch, Seventeen Jewels and Incabloc, c.1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eA clean Swiss-made open-face with a crisp white dial and a solid 17-jewel Incabloc movement. Unpretentious, reliable, and ready to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lincoln\" was a trade name applied to Swiss-made movements in the mid-twentieth century - a common and honest practice among importers who wanted a branded product without manufacturing their own calibres. What matters is what is underneath: a 17-jewel Swiss movement fitted with Incabloc shock protection, housed in a gold-plated brass open-face case measuring 42mm across.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white dial is in excellent condition - clean, unchipped, with crisp Arabic numerals and a functioning sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. \"Swiss Made\" is printed at the base, confirming the movement's provenance. The case back shows light surface scratches consistent with age and honest use, but the gold plating remains intact on the exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt winds smoothly, sets correctly, and runs. An attractive, functional vintage piece at a fair price - ideal as an everyday carry or a gift for someone new to pocket watches. Dated to c.1938-1955 based on the Incabloc shock system, patented 1933 and widespread from the late 1930s onward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239777259859,"sku":"PW-0012","price":100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/lincoln-gold-plated-pocket-watch-c1938-front.jpg?v=1783552692"},{"product_id":"junghans-art-deco-pocket-watch-jota-zentra-calibre-38a-c-1927","title":"'JOTA' Dial on a Junghans Movement, ZentRa, c.1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare survivor from interwar German watchmaking - a JOTA-branded open-face pocket watch with Junghans movement, distributed through the ZentRa cooperative before 1939. Clean white enamel dial, striking Art Deco guilloche caseback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open-face pocket watch carries the JOTA brand on its white enamel dial - a retail identity used by the ZentRa cooperative, Germany's largest watch distribution network of the interwar years. Inside sits a Junghans hand-wound movement, calibre 38a\/I - Junghans being Germany's largest watchmaker, based in Schramberg in the Black Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA key detail for the collector: ZentRa officially discontinued the practice of showing both manufacturer and distributor names on the same dial after a Reichstag decision in 1939, documented in the Deutsche Uhrmacher-Zeitung (No.31, p.451). This places manufacture firmly within the period 1927-1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe caseback is the visual highlight - a geometric Art Deco pattern of engine-turned lines with a central cartouche, typical of quality German case production of the era. The white enamel dial is clean, with original copper-toned hands and a 24-hour outer chapter ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crown setting mechanism shows wear and would benefit from a service, priced accordingly. A presentable, historically documented piece with a story most buyers won't find elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Junghans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239778996563,"sku":"PW-0014","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/junghans-chrome-pocket-watch-c1927-front.jpg?v=1783552870"},{"product_id":"kaiserstunde-silver-pocket-watch-engraved-agricultural-caseback-1923-provenance-c-1910","title":"Engraved Rural Scene, Inscribed and Dated 1923","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss pocket watch with a story carved into its back - a deeply engraved rural scene and a personal inscription dated 1923.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade by Kaiserstunde - the watch brand of Les Fils de Numa Gagnebin, Tramelan, Switzerland - this open face pocket watch carries two layers of personal history. The caseback is engraved with a detailed agricultural scene: two figures working alongside a horse-drawn plow, framed within a decorative floral border. Turn it over and the inner case reveals a personal dedication in old German script, dated 1923 - a gift, preserved for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is clean and crack-free, with Roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock. The Swiss manual wind movement runs and winds correctly. Condition throughout is very good - honest wear consistent with its age, nothing that diminishes the character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaiserstunde movements were produced in Tramelan in the Swiss Jura, with the brand's double-headed eagle mark registered from 1906. This example dates to the early twentieth century, with the 1923 inscription providing a firm anchor in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA characterful piece with a fine engraved caseback and dated provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kaiserstunde (Numa Watch Co.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239809798483,"sku":"PW-0016","price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/kaiserstunde-silver-pocket-watch-c1910-front.jpg?v=1783553574"},{"product_id":"antoine-fils-chrome-pocket-watch-17-jewel-swiss-lever-sub-seconds-c-1960s","title":"Chrome Open-Face, Seventeen-Jewel Movement, c.1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA clean, honest Swiss pocket watch that winds, runs, and keeps time. Seventeen jewels inside, retailer-branded rather than a famous name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Antoine \u0026amp; Fils is a mid-century Swiss pocket watch built to be used. The dial is a model of postwar Swiss clarity: a clean white face, crisp Arabic numerals, and green-luminous sword hands that still carry their glow after sixty-odd years. Beneath the sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, the words \"ANCRE 17 RUBIS\" confirm what the movement delivers - a 17-jewel lever escapement, the reliable workhorse of quality Swiss pocket watch production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 49mm it sits firmly in the hand, the polished chrome case giving it a purposeful, utilitarian quality that suits the piece. \"Antoine \u0026amp; Fils\" - Antoine and Sons - was a French-language retailer brand applied to Swiss-made movements throughout the postwar era. The name may be modest, but the movement is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt winds smoothly, sets cleanly, and runs well - a genuine working Swiss pocket watch without the premium of a famous name.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoine \u0026 Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239813599571,"sku":"PW-0019","price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/antoine-fils-chrome-pocket-watch-c1960-front.jpg?v=1783554095"},{"product_id":"phoenix-indestructible-goliath-pocket-watch-triple-calendar-moonphase-72mm-1886","title":"Goliath with Five Working Complications, 1886","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 72mm Swiss Goliath from 1886, signed 'Phoenix Indestructible' - triple calendar and moonphase, five complications, all working after nearly 140 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 72.60mm across, this Phoenix Indestructible triple calendar and moonphase watch was built as a Goliath - too large for a waistcoat pocket, made to sit on a desk and be wound each morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is signed 'Phoenix Indestructible, May 1886' on the bridge - a Swiss export trademark used on high-grade movements destined for the British market. The date tells us precisely when this mechanism was completed: May 1886, making this watch nearly 140 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe complication package is exceptional for the period: a triple calendar displaying the day of the week, the date, and the month each on its own subsidiary dial, plus a moonphase aperture within the sub-seconds dial at six o'clock. All five complications function correctly, advancing as intended with each push of the corrector pins set into the case band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a large gilt brass bar construction with a crown wind lever escapement, heat-blued screws, and ruby jewels throughout. Opening the caseback reveals the full signed plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial retains its original heat-blued hands and bold Roman hour markers. There are hairline cracks in the enamel near eleven o'clock, consistent with age, and the moonphase disc carries heavy patination. The nickel silver case shows light surface marks and natural tarnish - the honest wear of nearly 140 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA signed, precisely dated, fully working piece of Victorian Swiss horological history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. All complications functioning. No box or papers. Movement running.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Indestructible","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239823724883,"sku":"PW-0027","price":950.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/phoenix-indestructible-nickel-pocket-watch-1886-front.jpg?v=1783555800"},{"product_id":"bataille-aine-a-besancon-18k-gold-quarter-repeating-pocket-watch-c-1850-1865","title":"18ct Gold Quarter-Repeater, a Maker Held at Greenwich, c.1850","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fully functioning quarter-repeater in 18k gold, signed by its maker on the dust cover, a maker whose work is held in the Royal Museums Greenwich collection. One of the most demanding complications of the 19th century, in a case that rewards close examination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1849 and 1851, Besançon's output of watches grew from ten thousand a year to more than a hundred thousand. This watch was made in the middle of that boom, and it was made to stand above it: an 18k gold full hunter of 49.6mm that strikes the time on demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePull the gold pendant push-piece, give it a quarter turn, and the watch counts the hours and then the quarters on two gongs, clearly and correctly. A quarter repeater asked more of a nineteenth-century workshop than almost anything else: the striking train has to read the position of the hands at any moment and translate it instantly into the right count, every time. Surviving examples that still strike properly are the exception; this one has been tested and does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case opens in three stages, each with its own click: the front lid over the dial, the back cover, and the cuvette over the movement. The dial is white enamel with slim black Roman numerals and a bar minute track, under gold hands in the scrolled Louis XV style. The enamel is complete, with no chips or losses; under raking light a few fine hairlines show around eleven and twelve, the honest surface of enamel fired a century and a half ago. The caseback carries a deeply engraved heraldic cartouche in foliate scrollwork, the bezel a rope-pattern guilloché border, and the ornate floral bow and pendant are original and intact. At 68.7 grams it is a substantial thing to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBataille aîné made the movement himself, in his own Besançon factory, and signed it as a maker rather than a retailer; the standing of the name, and the museum record behind it, are set out in the panels below. What the movement shows in the hand is the ambition: hand-shaped bridges and blued steel screws, provincial France working to Paris standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt winds and sets on its key, runs, and strikes. It is presented in its original purple velvet and cream silk box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the maker's record is set out in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bataille Aîné à Besançon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239830835539,"sku":"PW-0030","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/solid-gold-pocket-watch-french-repeater-amsterdam-netherlands31-front_hero.jpg?v=1785273333"},{"product_id":"revue-silver-pocket-watch-engine-turned-guilloche-case-sub-seconds-c-1905-1912","title":"Waldenburg Silver Watch, Engine-Turned Case, c.1908","description":"\u003cp\u003eA properly made Swiss pocket watch from Revue Thommen of Waldenburg - signed movement, beautiful engine-turned silver case, clean enamel dial. Running well and ready to use or display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevue Thommen has been making movements in Waldenburg, Switzerland since 1853, and this solid open-face example shows exactly why they built their reputation. The movement is almost certainly the Calibre 30 - a split three-quarter plate gilt brass movement running at 18,000 beats per hour with a 32-hour power reserve and 15 jewels. The case is 0.900 silver - the Continental standard - bearing the German Halbmond und Reichskrone guarantee marks, which tells us this watch entered the German market before reaching its first owner. The engine-turned guilloche pattern covers the back entirely, with a blank cartouche at centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 49mm it sits well in the hand. The white enamel dial is in excellent shape: clean Arabic numerals, a subsidiary seconds register at six o'clock, and a pair of blue steel hands. No chips, no hairlines. The movement winds smoothly, sets cleanly and runs. The silver case has honest age wear consistent with over a century of life - surface patina and light marks on the inner dome - but no dents or damage worth noting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reliable, well-made Swiss pocket watch from a named maker, with a documented history and a German market provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239836275027,"sku":"PW-0032","price":225.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/revue-silver-pocket-watch-c1905-front.jpg?v=1783557080"},{"product_id":"perseo-italian-state-railways-pocket-watch-cortebert-cal-160-c-1961","title":"Official Watch of the Italian State Railways, 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe official watch of Italian railway conductors - a piece of industrial history that still runs beautifully six decades on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1927, every Italian State Railways conductor and stationmaster carried a Perseo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerseo was established in 1927 as the official timepiece of the Ferrovie dello Stato - Italy's national railway network. At Mussolini's decree, the Swiss manufacturer Cortebert of La Chaux-de-Fonds supplied their movements under the Italian name \"Perseo,\" making them the heartbeat of Italian rail for decades. Cortebert also supplied movements to Rolex - this is not a generic factory movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example carries a Cortebert Calibre 160, 17 jewels, in a stainless steel open-face case. The three-star Perseo mark sits at 12 o'clock - the house trademark. The caseback is engraved with an SF monogram and reference number 216161, marking this as a personalised piece from its original owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs well, winds and sets correctly. The white lacquer dial is in perfect condition. A piece of Italian railway history, still keeping time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perseo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239851086163,"sku":"PW-0033","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/perseo-stainless-steel-pocket-watch-c1961-front.jpg?v=1783557327"},{"product_id":"prisma-chrome-open-face-pocket-watch-17-jewels-incabloc-railway-dial-c-1950s-60s","title":"Chrome Open-Face, Railway Dial, with its Chain, c.1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA solid Swiss pocket watch with a striking railway dial and a 17-jewel Incabloc movement that winds, sets, and runs exactly as it should. Comes with a chrome curb link chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrisma is the oldest Dutch watch brand, founded in 1948 with a mission to bring quality Swiss-movement timepieces to everyday buyers. By 1955 the brand had over 125,000 wearers in the Netherlands alone - Johan Cruijff was among them. This open-face pocket watch dates to the 1950s or 1960s and represents Prisma at its most purposeful: a bold railway-style white dial with 24-hour outer track in blue, sub-seconds at 6, and a well-specified 17-jewel Swiss manual wind movement with Incabloc shock protection and antimagnetic certification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt winds smoothly, sets easily on the pull-out crown, and keeps good time. The chrome case measures 42mm and shows honest surface wear - light scratches, no dents. Dial and crystal are near-perfect. A chrome curb link chain with swivel clip is included, ready to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, purposeful piece from a brand with real European heritage. Good condition, full function, comes with chain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prisma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239858688339,"sku":"PW-0034","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/prisma-chrome-pocket-watch-c1950-front.jpg?v=1783557490"},{"product_id":"halcon-gold-plated-full-hunter-pocket-watch-17-jewels-incabloc-albert-chain-c-1960s-70s","title":"Gold-Plated Full Hunter with its Original Albert Chain, c.1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complete Swiss full hunter from the 1960s - running well, clean dial, and dressed with its original gold-tone Albert chain. Ready to wear or display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalcon was a Spanish watch house from Badajoz (Extremadura) that assembled quality Swiss movements into their own cases for the Spanish market during the 1960s and 1970s. The movement inside is almost certainly the Unitas 6431\/6445 - a reliable 17-jewel manual wind calibre with Incabloc shock protection, a proven workhorse of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold-plated full hunter case measures 50mm and presents well, with engine-turned texture to both covers and a decorative engraved cartouche on the inner caseback. The white lacquer dial is clean and unmarked, with bold Arabic numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. The movement winds smoothly and the crown pulls up cleanly to set the time. Running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplied with a matching gold-tone Albert chain - a complete, ready-to-use set at an accessible price point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Halcon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239893553491,"sku":"PW-0035","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/halcon-gold-plated-pocket-watch-c1960-front.jpg?v=1783557640"},{"product_id":"fleury-geneve-silver-open-face-pocket-watch-cylinder-6-rubis-key-wind-c-1860-1880","title":"Silver Key-Wind Cylinder Watch from Geneva, c.1870","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned by Fleury of Geneva and wound by key - this Victorian cylinder pocket watch carries 150 years of quiet Swiss craft in its engraved silver case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade in Geneva during the golden era of Swiss horology, this pocket watch carries a movement signed \"Fleury Geneve\" - a Genevan maker working in the cylinder escapement tradition that defined Swiss watchmaking before the lever escapement took over in the later 19th century. The cylinder escapement places this firmly in the pre-lever era, dating the movement to approximately 1860-1880.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement, numbered 10774, is finished in gilded brass with a finger-plate bridge layout and 6 ruby jewels - honest quality for the period. It winds by key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe silver open-face case is engraved on the outer back with scrollwork and floral motifs, decoration typical of export-quality Swiss watches of the era. The white enamel dial carries Roman numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. Condition is honest: the dial has a hairline crack, the inner case back bears the wear of many decades of use. The engraved outer back remains legible and attractive. Running status is to be confirmed - the watch requires a period winding key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA genuine piece of Genevan watchmaking history, priced to reflect its condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fleury Geneve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239902171475,"sku":"PW-0037","price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/fleury-geneve-silver-pocket-watch-c1860-front.jpg?v=1783557806"},{"product_id":"veto-precision-silver-pocket-watch-24-hour-dial-17-rubis-haute-precision-c-1940s","title":"'Chronometro' in Silver and Rose Gold, 24-Hour Dial, c.1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eA documented Swiss precision movement from Liengme \u0026amp; Co. of Cormoret - in a two-tone silver case built to track every hour of the day, not just twelve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Veto Precision Chronometro features a full 24-hour Arabic chapter ring in red - a feature closely associated with military use, railway timekeeping, and continental precision work in the 1940s and 1950s - alongside a crisp white enamel dial and sub-seconds register at six o'clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVETO is a registered trademark of Liengme \u0026amp; Co. S.A. of Cormoret, Canton of Bern - a Swiss movement manufacturer established in 1888 and operating until 1974, producing their own movements, cases, and even a proprietary shock protection device. The Haute Precision designation confirms regulation to a higher accuracy standard than standard Swiss lever production. It winds smoothly, runs well, and the action is exactly as it should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 800 silver case has a distinctive two-tone finish: rose gold accent rings frame both the bezel and caseback join, giving it a warmth that straight silver cannot match. The guilloche engine-turned caseback centres on a blank heraldic cartouche. Light honest age wear, no dents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Veto Precision (Liengme \u0026 Co. 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The white enamel dial is clean and legible, with bold Arabic numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock in the railway-watch tradition. The movement winds smoothly and runs reliably; setting is achieved via a push-piece release before the crown - a quality mechanism for the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case carries honest surface scratching consistent with its age and working life, but presents solidly. No box or papers, no known service history. Serial number 784339. A dependable, characterful Swiss pocket watch from the golden age of the craft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DOXA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247509295443,"sku":"PW-0045","price":420.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/doxa-nickel-pocket-watch-c1910-front.jpg?v=1783611336"},{"product_id":"schild-freres-co-silver-pocket-watch-ixl-eterna-precursor-sub-seconds-c-1890s","title":"The Grenchen Firm that Became Eterna, in Silver, c.1890s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA well-identified Swiss silver pocket watch by Schild Frères \u0026amp; Co, the Grenchen firm that became Eterna in 1905. Runs perfectly, dial immaculate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open-face pocket watch was made by Schild Frères \u0026amp; Co of Grenchen, Switzerland, sometime in the 1890s. The firm later became Eterna SA in 1905, and this piece carries their IXL trademark (registered 1891) on the case back, along with their PROT design-protection mark on the movement bridge, both confirmed identifiers for the maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is .800 silver, 48.6mm in diameter, with gold-plated front and back bezels. The back is engine-turned with a floral and foliate border around a blank cartouche, so there's no monogram to work around. Silver control marks (0.800 fineness, Swiss wood-grouse mark) are stamped inside the case back alongside the case serial number, 729634.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is in immaculate condition, no chips or hairlines, with Roman numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. The hour and minute hands are ornate pierced scrollwork, a decorative style typical of the period. Movement serial number is 732428.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMechanically, the watch winds, sets, and runs correctly and consistently. The case back opens on a knife-edge hinge and closes securely, no separate dust cover; opening it gives direct access to the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition-wise, this is a Very Good example. The only wear of note is light discolouration to the gold plating on the bezels, consistent with age and handling. There's an untraced stamp reading IGFI at the bow, likely a retailer or fitter's mark rather than anything traceable to a specific maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo box or papers are included. Sourced from a private collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA solidly identified, fully functional Swiss pocket watch from a maker with genuine horological history behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schild Frères \u0026 Co (precursor to Eterna SA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247941996883,"sku":"PW-0055","price":395.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/schild-freres-silver-pocket-watch-c1890-front.jpg?v=1783614768"},{"product_id":"louisine-gunmetal-8-day-visible-escapement-hebdomas-movement-c-1913-1920","title":"Eight-Day, Escapement Visible Front and Back, c.1913-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pocket watch you wind once a week, not once a day, with its mechanics on full display front and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Louisine-signed pocket watch runs on the Hebdomas movement, the 8-day design patented by Irenee Aubry in Switzerland in 1888 and taken up by Schild \u0026amp; Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds, one of the most recognisable movements of the early 20th century. Rather than winding it every day, one wind carries it through the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement shows itself on both sides. Open the gunmetal case back and the barrel itself is visible and engraved, and it visibly rotates as you wind. The barrel plate carries the exhibition medals the design won in Geneva (1896), Paris (1900), Chicago (1892), Milan (1906) and Brussels (1910), a genuine record of the watch's reputation at the time. On the dial side, a cut-out reveals the balance wheel and escapement in motion, the \"levees visibles\" feature named directly on the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is a substantial 51.5mm, open-face, in gunmetal over brass, with honest wear at the high points (bow, crown, edges) rather than any dents or damage. The dial is gilt guilloche with individually set Arabic numeral roundels and multilingual \"8 day\" markings for Germany, France, Spain and Italy, evidence of how widely this design was exported. Hands are set with a small pusher rather than a pull-out crown, a detail specific to Hebdomas watches made before 1920 and a useful marker of this piece's age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerial number 2436 is stamped inside the case back. The watch winds and runs well, the crystal is clean with no cracks or chips, and there's no rattling or looseness anywhere. No box or papers accompany it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA genuinely different kind of pocket watch: an 8-day power reserve, a visible rotating barrel, and a visible escapement, all in one case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louisine (Hebdomas movement)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248059371859,"sku":"PW-0059","price":485.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/louisine-gunmetal-pocket-watch-c1913-front.jpg?v=1783615634"},{"product_id":"orta-gold-filled-full-hunter-illinois-watch-case-co-c-1915-1920s","title":"Full Hunter Cased by the Illinois Watch Case Co., c.1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss Orta movement cased by the American Illinois Watch Case Co., in a gold-filled full hunter with an engine-turned back and ornate fancy hands. Fully working, 52mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Swiss-made Orta pocket watch, cased in gold-filled metal by the Illinois Watch Case Co. of Elgin, Illinois, dating to around 1915-1920. Orta was one of the anchor-movement lines produced by the Societe d'Horlogerie La Generale (General Watch Co.) of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the same maker behind the better-known Helvetia brand. It's a documented pairing: a traceable Swiss movement fitted into a case from a well-established American case manufacturer, a common but genuinely interesting practice of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is a full hunter, 52mm, with an engine-turned (guilloche) sunburst pattern on both the outer back and inner dust cover, and the interior is stamped \"Illinois Watch Case Co, Elgin, U.S.A. - This case guaranteed to wear 10 years\", case serial 3141275. The white enamel dial carries Arabic numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, fitted with unusually ornate gold-tone hands: a filigree spade hour hand and a pierced scroll minute hand, a decorative touch not typically seen on watches of this grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is honest and functional: the watch winds, sets via a pull-out crown, and runs and keeps time. There's a tiny chip on the outer case and a small hairline near the dial's centre pinion, plus a barely-noticeable wobble in the crown stem, none of which affect function. The crystal is clean with no chips, cracks, or scratches, and both the case back and inner dust cover open and close securely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo box or papers accompany the watch. A solid, wearable piece of early 20th-century Swiss-American watchmaking with a documented maker story and a distinctive decorative detail most similar watches lack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orta (movement); case by Illinois Watch Case Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248129757523,"sku":"PW-0063","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/orta-gold-filled-hunter-pocket-watch-c1915-front.jpg?v=1783616603"},{"product_id":"antoine-amp-fils-gold-plated-full-hunter-17-jewel-swiss-c-1930s-1950s","title":"Rolled Gold Full Hunter, Swiss Made, c.1930s-1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e49.4mm rolled gold full hunter, signed dial, 17-jewel Swiss lever movement running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a full hunter pocket watch signed Antoine \u0026amp; Fils on the dial, in a rolled gold case (Plaqué Or, stamped 10 microns) over a base metal core. The case is a substantial 49.4mm, noticeably larger than the standard ~45mm hunter case, with the \"PLAQUÉ OR 10\" mark and a small maker's roundel stamped on both the hinge and the case back exterior. The case back interior carries a case serial number, 7079.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a 17-jewel Swiss lever, unsigned on the bridges, marked \"SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS,\" \"UNADJUSTED,\" and \"SWISS.\" A number that reads as 498 is stamped near the balance, partially obscured - likely a caliber or batch reference, unconfirmed against any parts database. The movement winds and sets correctly with no slipping or grinding, and runs consistently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDial is white enamel, signed \"Antoine \u0026amp; Fils\" in script above a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, with Arabic numerals and \"SWISS\" printed at the base. No chips, hairlines, or restoration - the enamel is clean throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hunter cover snaps open and closed cleanly on its spring. Case back and dust cover both open without issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase condition is honest for its age: light scratching on the hinge and case back, with some thinning of the plating in high-contact areas. No dents, no cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDating is estimated at c.1930s-1950s, based on the case-marking convention and the English-language jewel count alongside French case terminology - typical of pieces cased for English-speaking export markets. No formal manufacturer record exists for \"Antoine \u0026amp; Fils,\" which reads as a retailer or dial signature rather than a movement maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSourced as part of a private collection acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoine \u0026 Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248142176595,"sku":"PW-0064","price":395.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/antoine-fils-gold-plated-hunter-pocket-watch-c1930-front.jpg?v=1783616815"},{"product_id":"hebdomas-chrome-8-day-visible-balance-mini-41-6mm-c-1920s","title":"Eight-Day Watch with the Balance Turning in the Dial, c.1920s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare 41.6mm Hebdomas 8-day pocket watch with the maker's signature rotating visible balance, running well and in honest, undamaged condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Hebdomas 8-day pocket watch dates to around the 1920s and carries the maker's best-known feature: a fully visible balance wheel set into the lower half of the dial, driven by a mainspring barrel large enough to span the entire movement. That barrel cover, the engraved gilt plate visible through the aperture, is not a separate dust cover. It is part of the movement itself and rotates gently as the watch runs, a genuine curiosity most owners never notice until it is pointed out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHebdomas built its name on this design from 1889 onward, and by the 1910s and 20s the Schild \u0026amp; Co factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds was producing thousands of these movements a week. What makes this particular example unusual is its size. At 41.6mm exactly, it is a genuine mini compared to the standard 48-52mm case most Hebdomas watches were built in, a variant that is far less commonly seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is nickel\/chrome-plated base metal rather than silver, carrying only light handling wear with no dents or plating loss. The white enamel dial is clean, with the signature dual-language 8 Jours \/ 8 Days text either side of the balance aperture and small gilt rose motifs at 4 and 8 o'clock. The crown winds smoothly and pulls out cleanly to set the hands, the case back opens correctly, and the watch runs well and consistently when wound. It has not been professionally serviced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintage pocket watches, and 8-day models like this in particular, have seen renewed collector interest in recent years, with well-presented examples commanding a premium over raw auction lots. 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Rather than a manufacturer in the traditional sense, HENO assembled and branded watches built around bought-in Swiss movements, and specialised in the decorative ladies' pieces that were popular through the 1960s and 70s. This is a good example of that output: a small hunter-cased pendant watch made to be worn on a chain or kept as a decorative timepiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is gold-plated base metal, clearly stamped BASE METAL \/ SWISS MADE inside the caseback, and is covered front and back in dense floral and scroll engraving. The front cover springs open to reveal the dial, and the knife-lever back opens to the movement. At 27.2mm it is a little larger than the tiny ball pendants usually seen under this name, which gives it more presence on a chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial is signed HENO beneath the twelve and carries white enamel Roman-numeral cartouches set around an ornate gilt engine-turned centre, with fancy blued hands. Inside is a Swiss manual-wind movement running on 17 jewels. It winds smoothly, sets correctly through the crown, and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an honest, wearable piece rather than a precious-metal watch. The value is in the decoration, the signed Swiss dial and the fact that it is in clean working order. Vintage pendant and pocket watches have been a strong and rising part of the market, and a complete, running example presents far better than the parts-and-spares examples that dominate the listings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HENO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250481582419,"sku":"PW-0083","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01861-front.jpg?v=1783623767"},{"product_id":"pontiac-three-star-ladies-pendant-watch-red-guilloche-enamel-manual-wind-27-7mm-c-1970","title":"Red Guilloché Enamel Back, Applied Gold Rose, c.1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Belgian-made Pontiac pendant watch with a deep red guilloché enamel back and an applied gold rose spray. Small, elegant and fully working, carrying its maker's top three-star quality grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePontiac was founded in Antwerp by Ali Kinsbergen in the early 1930s, a Belgian house built on a simple idea: proper Swiss watchmaking at a price ordinary people could reach. The brand became a Benelux favourite, and the three stars beneath the name on this dial are Pontiac's own quality mark, three being the highest grade they awarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a ladies' pendant watch, made to be worn on a chain or pinned to a jacket rather than carried in a pocket. The case is gold-plated with a soft brushed finish, framed by a band of engraved floral chasing that runs the full way round. The back is the reason to own it: a panel of deep red guilloché enamel with a spray of gold roses applied over it, the enamel clean and unbroken. It is a genuinely pretty object, and photographs do not quite do the colour justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the dial sits a 17-jewel Swiss manual-wind movement, signed Pontiac. It winds smoothly, sets cleanly and runs as it should. The silvered dial is bright and unmarked, with crisp black Roman numerals and an ornate openwork bow above the crown. The gold plating shows only light wear consistent with age, softening a little around the bow where a watch of this style is always handled most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 27.7mm it is a small, wearable piece, well suited to anyone who likes vintage jewellery watches or is building a collection of enamel pendants. A charming, honest piece in very good condition, ready to wear or gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pontiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250494558547,"sku":"PW-0084","price":245.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01867-front.jpg?v=1783623937"},{"product_id":"cornioley-8-day-double-subdial-art-deco-chrome-50mm-c-1925-35","title":"Eight-Day Watch with Twin Subsidiary Dials, La Chaux-de-Fonds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 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 that very few of these watches carry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eight-day watch asks something unusual of its movement: a full week of running, and then a margin, from a single winding. Cornioley of La Chaux-de-Fonds built such movements around a double barrel, and supplied them to makers with reputations to protect; Hamilton sold Cornioley's work under its own name, which says what the trade thought of it, and the firm's pieces have passed through Antiquorum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example pairs that eight-day movement with a dial layout very few of them carry: two matching oval panels balanced against each other on the silvered ground, running seconds on the left, and opposite it a mirror-polished cartouche carrying the lettering 8 DAYS \/ CORNIOLEY. Tall Deco Arabic numerals ring them, under violet-blued Breguet hands with the open ring near the tip. The typography and geometry are Art Deco doing what it did best, order without ornament, and the silvered ground has toned to an even frosted speckle that suits the instrument character of the watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case is chrome, 50mm, the modish industrial material of the period, showing honest wear consistent with age and no damage. The movement runs well, winds smoothly and sets correctly, and the case back opens cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing about the watch needs attention, which is its own quiet argument: a travel and desk instrument from the 1920s that will still run from one Sunday to the next on a single winding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornioley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250878370131,"sku":"PW-0089","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_0de17352-8a40-4b3c-ba3e-9be984242c4e.jpg?v=1783626027"},{"product_id":"henri-chatelain-decimal-pedometer-nickel-c-1891","title":"Dual-Patented Three-Register Step Counter, Paris, c.1893","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare paceometer by Henri Chatelain of Paris: a three-register decimal step counter bearing dual French and German patent registration, with a glazed caseback revealing the brass mechanism within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first glance this reads as a chronograph - three subsidiary registers on a centesimal white enamel dial, black hands, an outer scale running 0 to 100. It is in fact a paceometer, a precision step-counting instrument by Henri Chatelain of Paris, from the opening years of the 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatelain was a French scientific instrument maker whose paceometers - better known as pedometers - were produced for surveyors, military use, and serious measurement work. The movement carries two separate patent registrations: the French Brevete S.G.D.G. (ref. 15676) and the German DRGM 10023. That second number matters: the Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster system launched in 1891 at number one, and 10023 places this among the very first registrations - one of the earliest Chatelain instruments to carry the German mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nickel case is 44.5mm and opens to a fully glazed caseback, presenting the gilt brass mechanism as part of the experience. The paceometer functions correctly across all three registers. The enamel shows honest cracking on the left subdial, consistent with age; the front crystal is intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collector's instrument and a genuine scientific curiosity from the very first years of the 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henri Chatelain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254472888659,"sku":"CW-0001","price":125.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/file_6b7e0a3e-04df-4618-b20b-f9c572645738.jpg?v=1783696663"},{"product_id":"monnier-a-paris-18k-gold-painted-enamel-pocket-watch-c-1810","title":"Gold Watch Painted in Enamel from Bow to Caseback, c.1810","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA solid gold pocket watch dressed in painted enamel from bow to caseback, made in the age of Napoleon and still running today. Signed Monnier à Paris, hallmarked to 1809-1819, with every enamel panel intact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA gold watch from the age of Napoleon, painted in enamel from bow to caseback and still keeping time. The back carries a hand-painted scene in the soft palette of the period: a couple in a wooded landscape, a cottage beyond, fired into the gold in full colour. The same blue, white and gold run over the bezel as a laurel band of enamel leaves, up the pendant and around the bow, so nowhere on the outside of the watch is plain gold left to speak alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts date is not a guess. The pendant carries the French gold mark used only in the decade of 1809 to 1819, which fixes the watch to the Napoleonic era as surely as a printed year. It is signed Monnier à Paris on both the dial and the movement, and numbered 7766.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial carries Arabic numerals with the quarters numbered 15, 30, 45 and 60 in the outer dot track, under pierced rose-gold hands in the Louis XVI taste, and behind it sits a gilt full-plate movement with a cylinder escapement, a pierced and engraved balance cock, and a small silver regulator dial for fine adjustment. It is wound and set with a key, as watches of its date are, and it winds, sets and runs correctly on a standard key.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo centuries is a long life for painted enamel. It chips at bezels, wears at bows, cracks across casebacks; most survivors carry losses somewhere. This one does not: every enamel element is present, clean and unrestored, with only minor flea-bites to the dial under close inspection. The gold shows honest light wear, the hinges open and close cleanly, and at 51.8mm it is a generous size for its period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the enamel suite is shown close in The Enamel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monnier à Paris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371084042579,"sku":"PW-0097","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/monnier-a-paris-18k-gold-pocket-watch-1_hero.jpg?v=1785270205"},{"product_id":"alliez-bachelard-terond-fils-18ct-gold-enamel-fob-watch-geneva-c-1840","title":"Geneva Gold Fob Watch with an Enamel Flower Spray, c.1840","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA signed Geneva fob watch in solid 18ct gold, its back painted with a spray of enamel flowers that has survived nearly two centuries intact. Running, original, and by a maker held in the Met.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lady's fob watch from Geneva of about 1840, in solid 18ct gold, with its painted enamel intact. That last part is the story. Painted enamel is the most fragile thing a watch can wear: it chips at the edges, crazes with heat and cold, and loses its colour to light. This spray, a full-blown rose, a blue pansy, forget-me-nots and green foliage fired into the gold, has none of that. The colours are still bright, the surface clean and whole, with only the light mellowing of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers sit on a ground of hand-worked engine-turning, front and back, framed in chased rococo scrollwork. Behind the original glass is a silver dial engine-turned in a radiating fan pattern scattered with tiny engraved sprigs, with slim black Roman numerals and a pair of finely pierced gilt hands. It takes its key through the back, as everything of its date did, and it winds and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, the gold cuvette carries the full signature of Alliez, Bachelard et Terond Fils of Geneva with its serial number, and every number on the watch agrees. The movement is a gilt cylinder calibre jewelled in ruby, the proper specification for a Geneva piece of this grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 36mm it wears as a fob or pendant watch, on a chain as it was meant to be, or it sits in a cabinet with the enamel facing out. Watches like this were made in quantity and mostly used up; the ones that survive with their enamel perfect are the exception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe maker's standing is set out in The Maker; the marks, the movement and the condition are in the drawers below.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliez, Bachelard \u0026 Terond Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371086270803,"sku":"PW-0099","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/alliez-bachelard-terond-fils-18ct-gold-pocket-watch-1_hero.jpg?v=1785270728"},{"product_id":"ermeto-self-winding-sliding-case-in-18ct-gold-c-1950s","title":"Ermeto Self-Winding Sliding Case in 18ct Gold, c.1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA travel watch that winds itself every time you open it. Solid 18ct gold, engine-turned front and back, and still running exactly as Movado intended.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome watches are wound; this one is simply used. Every time it is opened to read the time and clicked shut again, the spring takes another breath, so a watch that travels in a pocket or a bag stays running for as long as it keeps being looked at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Movado Ermeto in its best specification: solid 18ct gold, made in the 1950s, 33 by 47mm closed, and 63.6 grams of metal. Both sliding covers are worked in fine barleycorn engine-turning inside polished bevelled borders, and a gold bail at one corner lets it hang from a chain or fob. Ermetos were the travelling watch of their era, sold through good jewellers to people who moved between hotels and sleeper trains, and gold examples like this one were the top of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlide the halves apart and the dial is a square of silvered ground signed Movado over Switzerland, with applied gold Arabic numerals at the quarters, faceted dart markers between them and faceted dauphine hands, ringed by a gold dot minute track. It is a clean, architectural face, and it has stayed that way: unspotted, with every numeral and marker in place, under a clear and undamaged crystal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition is where most Ermetos fail. The engine-turning sits proud of the surface and wears flat with decades of handling, so most survivors are smooth where they should be crisp. Here the barleycorn is sharp across both faces, the bevels still catch the light, and there are no dents or rubbed-through areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pleasure of the thing is in the action. The case slides open with a smooth, weighted resistance and shuts with a clean click, and the watch runs correctly from that motion alone. 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The body is 18K white gold, 44mm, engine-turned front and back, and it is set with sapphires wherever a stone could sit: a continuous calibré-cut border around the bezel, the same stones carried across the bow, so the watch glitters from the chain down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is where the money went. It is mother of pearl over a silver base, with applied gold Breguet-form numerals softly toned by age, dark cross-pattée hands over the silvered centre, and a pearl-dot minute track; its reverse carries the signature of Stern Frères of Geneva, and what that signature means is set out in The Dial below. In the case, the pearl shifts colour with every angle of light, which is the whole point of the material and the reason so few dials were ever made of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case opens in three stages, the front bezel on its hinge, the back cover, and the cuvette onto the movement, each closing with a secure click. Behind it all is a Movado 17-jewel dress calibre adjusted to five positions, with ruby cap jewels in gold settings; it winds, sets and runs correctly, the hands moving freely and the gold crown locking positively in both positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe monogram on the back is the trace of the commission: this was made for someone, to an order that specified white gold, sapphires and a pearl dial from the best supplier in Geneva. 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Inside, the hallmarks are all present and legible: the 0.750 fineness mark in a rectangular cartouche, a Swiss gold assay stamp, serial 374455, case number 3713, and a C+C case maker's stamp on the bow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is one of the strongest features. It is intact, free of hairlines, chips or restoration. The numerals are sharp-angled Art Deco Arabic figures in black, printed at geometric angles that were particular to the 1920s and fell out of use by the mid-1930s. These are not the round, traditional Arabic numerals found on most pocket watches of the period: they are graphic, angular, unmistakably Deco, and they give the dial a clean visual weight. The hands are Art Deco pierced steel with open rectangular apertures, oxidized to a dark tone that reads clearly against the white enamel. The subsidiary seconds dial sits at six o'clock with its own fine minute track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement is nickel-finished with Geneva stripes, signed \"MOVADO\" on the barrel bridge. It is clean and unworn, the stripes still sharp, and it runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe watch comes with a two-tone bar-link gold fob chain, alternating yellow and white sections, with a spring ring clasp. 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Where a lever watch carries a flat spring, this one carries a blued steel helical spring standing on the balance staff in a small coiled column, and beneath it a spring detent that releases the escape wheel once for every swing of the balance in one direction only. Wound and set down, it does what a chronometer does: the seconds hand steps forward in halves, a distinct beat with a pause in it, and the balance, a cut bimetallic rim carrying its timing screws, swings wide and slow. It is the escapement of the ship's box chronometer, scaled to the pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was made on the Continent in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the years when the English market bought chronometer-grade movements from the Swiss workshops and had them finished and signed for London. The frosted gilt three-quarter plate, the screwed gold chatons, the long tapered cock with its Breguet-style index, and the plate signed in copperplate script, Frodsham, London, N° 1000, all belong to that trade. The regulator is engraved Fast and Slow in English, for an English hand. The Frodsham name was the one such work was most often given, and this watch carries it in the form the trade used: surname, city and number, nothing more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is the London style of the day, white enamel with black Roman numerals, an outer minute track with Arabic figures at the fives and a sunk seconds ring at six. The spade hands are blued steel, oxidised now to a deep plum; the seconds hand is gilt. 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