{"title":"Goliath","description":"60mm and above. The imposing, large-format pieces.","products":[{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-goliath-pocket-watch-triple-calendar-moonphase-66mm-c-1885-1900","title":"Goliath Triple Calendar and Moonphase, Gunmetal, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eA true Goliath at 67mm - this unsigned Swiss pocket watch packs day, date, month, and moonphase complications into one commanding gunmetal case. Every single one of them works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Swiss Goliath - measuring 66.57mm across - carries four complications: a day-of-week register, a date display, a month indicator, and a moonphase with an engraved landscape disc showing a building against the sky. All four are fully functional. In a category where non-working complications are the rule rather than the exception, that matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a gilt bar\/bridge calibre typical of the best Swiss export production from the Jura and Vallee de Joux region in the late 19th century, finished with wave-decorated bridges and blue steel screws. The French-language calendar - LUN, MAR, MER visible on the day register - confirms this piece was made for the Continental European market. It is set by a button-release mechanism on the crown, with corrector pushers positioned around the case band for advancing each calendar disc independently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gunmetal case has developed a deep, uneven patina over its century of life - darker in recesses, brighter at wear points. The brass bow and gilt bezel ring provide warm contrast against the dark oxidised steel. The silvered metal dial carries the honest toning of an un-restored original; the gilt floral engraving between the subdials is partially obscured by age but visible under a loupe. The mineral glass crystal is intact but hazy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerial number 37489 is stamped on both the outer and inner caseback - standard Swiss practice of the period, ensuring both halves could be matched if separated for service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA substantial, complicated, fully working Victorian pocket watch in honest original condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239823069523,"sku":"PW-0026","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-gunmetal-pocket-watch-c1885-front.jpg?v=1783555536"},{"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":"unsigned-swiss-goliath-pocket-watch-triple-calendar-moonphase-crimson-enamel-dial-66mm-c-1890","title":"Goliath Triple Calendar and Moonphase, Crimson Dial, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fully working Swiss Goliath from the 1890s at 66mm, with triple calendar and moonphase complications intact after 130 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Goliath pocket watch - so named for its 66mm diameter, well above the standard men's size of the era - dates to circa 1890 and carries a full set of Swiss complications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four complications work in concert: a triple calendar displaying the day, date, and month in French advances automatically every 24 hours, driven by push-pieces set into the bezel. The moonphase sub-dial at 6 o'clock turns every 48 hours, tracking the lunar cycle. A subsidiary seconds dial completes the picture. After more than 130 years, all of this still functions as intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial is white enamel, printed in a deep crimson that remains vivid and precise. Gold gilt filigree accents and crescent moon motifs are scattered across the field. The case is gunmetal, a substantial open-face form with a hinged back revealing the nickel bridge movement and lever escapement. It winds smoothly via the crown and sets via the pin-set push-button on the bezel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo points of honesty: the dial carries real enamel losses at the 8-9 o'clock position and smaller damage near the 1-2 o'clock area. These are old injuries and are exactly what they appear to be - the honest wear of a well-used instrument from another century. They are priced into this watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA working Goliath complication at an accessible price, with genuine presence on a desk or in a display case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo box. No papers. No maker's signature - an unsigned Swiss export complication, made in volume but not without skill.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239825002835,"sku":"PW-0028","price":950.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-gunmetal-pocket-watch-c1890-front.jpg?v=1783556089"},{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-goliath-pocket-watch-regulateur-dial-67mm-c-1900","title":"Goliath Regulator in Oxidised Steel, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 67mm Swiss Goliath in dark oxidised steel with a gold crown and bow, framing a clean regulator dial. Large, running, and genuinely uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe regulator dial layout - large central minute hand, separate sub-dials for hours and seconds - originated in precision observatory clocks and was adopted on quality pocket watches as a mark of serious timekeeping intent. Here it sits on a 67mm Goliath case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is oxidised steel, marked ACIER INALTERABLE (non-tarnishing steel) on the caseback - a French designation confirming the material's quality and durability. The gold daisy crown and gilt bow provide a deliberate contrast against the dark case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is Swiss lever with push-piece setting, calibre reference 281, and is protected by both an inner dust cover and a display crystal over the movement. The bridges carry Geneva-stripe decoration. Dating to c.1900, this piece runs well and winds smoothly. The enamel dial is clean, the case shows only minor age wear, and the original hands are intact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247407419731,"sku":"PW-0043","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-gunmetal-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783610159"},{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-8-day-pocket-watch-argentan-case-sub-seconds-c-1900","title":"Eight-Day in Argentan, Wound Once a Week, c.1900-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA genuine rarity - an 8-day pocket watch that needed winding just once a week. This large 64mm Swiss open-face runs well and presents beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 8-day pocket watch was always the exception, not the rule. While the standard pocket watch demanded daily winding, the 8-day was built around an oversized mainspring capable of powering the movement for a full week - a genuine engineering difference, not a marketing claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Swiss example belongs to a specific and relatively uncommon group: the conventional-dial 8-day. Unlike the famous Hebdomas watches - recognisable by their exposed balance wheel visible through an aperture in the dial - this piece uses a traditional layout with a sub-seconds register at six o'clock. That distinction matters. Hebdomas produced roughly a million examples over a century. Conventional-dial 8-day movements were made in far smaller numbers by other Swiss houses, and are encountered far less often.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Argentan (nickel silver) case is solid and honest, showing minor wear consistent with its age of c.1900-1920. The white enamel dial is in excellent condition - no chips, no cracks, the gilt chapter ring crisp. The gilt brass movement carries a BREVET + Swiss patent mark. It winds smoothly, sets cleanly, and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247480492371,"sku":"PW-0044","price":255.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-nickel-8-day-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783611022"},{"product_id":"doxa-pocket-watch-argentan-open-face-sub-seconds-66mm-c-1910","title":"Goliath Railway Dial in Argentan, c.1910-1925","description":"\u003cp\u003eA substantial Swiss workhorse from the early twentieth century - DOXA-signed, railway-dialled, and built to endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe DOXA name stamped into the gilt movement bridge tells you this is no anonymous Swiss production piece. Founded in Le Locle in 1889, DOXA built a reputation for reliable, well-finished movements at a time when Swiss watchmaking was at its peak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open-face example wears its argentan (nickel silver) case well at a commanding 66mm - a genuine pocket presence. 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":"continental-silver-verge-fusee-pair-case-georgian-key-wind-63mm-c-1800-1830","title":"French Silver Pair-Cased Verge Fusee, Georgian, c.1815","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large silver pair-cased verge fusee, over 60mm across, still winding, running and setting after two centuries. Honest, characterful late-Georgian horology from the age when the fusee-and-chain was the finest timekeeping technology made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a large silver pair-cased verge fusee pocket watch of the late Georgian era, most likely French or Swiss in origin, dating to around 1800 to 1830. It is a substantial piece: at 63mm across the case it is noticeably larger than the typical 52 to 56mm watches of its type, and it has real presence in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch is driven by a verge escapement regulated through a fusee and chain, the ingenious mechanism that evens out the declining pull of the mainspring as it unwinds. This was the finest timekeeping technology of its day, and it is a pleasure to see it still doing its job: the watch winds, runs and sets correctly through its original key, wound and set from the front of the dial. The gilt full-plate movement is decorated in the Continental manner, with a pierced and engraved balance cock and an engraved silvered regulator disc for fine adjustment of the rate. It is the kind of movement that rewards opening the case and simply looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial carries bold Roman hour numerals with an outer ring of Arabic quarter-numerals, and a pair of pierced rose-gold hands in the rococo taste. It sits beneath a tall, domed bullseye crystal that magnifies the dial in the characteristic period way. The pair case, a protective outer case enclosing the movement, is plain polished silver with an internal case-maker's mark and number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have researched this watch as a genuine survivor rather than a signed rarity. It is unsigned, as many good Continental watches of the period are, and its value lies in what it is: a large, complete, honestly-worn, still-working example of early nineteenth-century watchmaking. It is larger than most surviving examples of its type and remains in full working order, which is why we have priced it where we have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe describe the condition candidly below. The dial shows its age, with fine hairline cracks and a small chip near the five o'clock winding hole. On a two-hundred-year-old enamel dial this is honest wear, not damage that stops the watch being enjoyed or displayed, and it is reflected in the price. For a collector who wants an early verge fusee that runs, or a decorative piece with genuine history and scale, this is a rewarding buy, and a future dial restoration would only add to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerge and fusee pocket watches have been one of the strongest-performing corners of the antique watch market through 2025 and into 2026, and large, working examples like this one are increasingly hard to find at sensible money.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Continental, French\/Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250449928531,"sku":"PW-0082","price":575.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-french-silver-verge-fusee-pocket-watch-c1800-front.jpg?v=1783623385"},{"product_id":"ulysse-nardin-steel-split-seconds-observatory-chronometer-neuchatel-1953","title":"Split-Seconds Chronometer in Rare Stainless Steel, 1953","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA documented Neuchâtel Observatory split-seconds chronometer by Ulysse Nardin, cased in rare stainless steel. One of the hardest complications in watchmaking, offered with a factory extract that names its first owner.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best documented of the observatory pieces in this collection. A split-seconds chronograph of 65.2mm in stainless steel, entered by Ulysse Nardin in the 1953 pocket-chronometer trials at Neuchâtel, and traceable from the competition bench to its first owner: the factory extract records that on 20 April 1954 the watch was delivered to Rodolfo Oscar Linke, a dealer in Genoa, one of only five of this calibre supplied to him. Few vintage watches of any kind carry paperwork that specific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe movement is the spectacle. Ulysse Nardin's 24-ligne split-seconds calibre fills the case almost to its edge, and it is finished to be looked at: skeletonised steel bridges in black polish, gilt wheels, gold jewel settings, the clamps of the split-seconds mechanism visible at work around their column wheel. The serial is engraved on the movement and, unusually, printed into the small-seconds register of the dial itself, so case, dial and movement declare their partnership openly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dial is white grand feu enamel without a hairline, signed and marked Chronomètre, with bold black Breguet numerals, a thirty-minute recorder at twelve, running seconds at six carrying the serial, and a chapter divided to tenths of a second. The time is told by rose gold Breguet hands with the open ring near the tip; the two blued steel centre hands run, split and catch exactly as they should, and the watch winds, sets and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes with its original red leather travel case, worn at the edges and intact, and with the factory extract that names its trial, its régleur and its first buyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the 1953 submission and the delivery record are set out in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Nardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54343668203859,"sku":"PW-0092","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/1_9619a2c2-7a45-4360-822b-668e80ef9f93_Hero.jpg?v=1785249285"},{"product_id":"ulysse-nardin-steel-split-seconds-chronometer-first-prize-neuchatel-1933","title":"Split-Seconds Chronometer, First Prize at Neuchâtel, 1933","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA working split-seconds chronograph that competed at the Neuchatel Observatory and won a First Prize chronometer bulletin in 1933. Documented, and complete with its original box.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all the observatory watches in this collection, this is the one that won. In 1933 Ulysse Nardin entered movement 17731 in the pocket-chronometer trials at the Neuchâtel Observatory, where entries were rated for weeks, position by position and temperature by temperature, against astronomical time. It came away with the First Prize in the first class. The bulletin survives, the extract accompanies the watch, and the full result is set out in The Record below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the piece remarkable is that the precision lives inside a complication. This is a split-seconds chronograph: two centre hands sweep together, one stops at a press to catch an intermediate time, and snaps forward to rejoin its partner at the next. Regulating an ordinary watch to prize standard is hard; regulating one carrying rattrapante works is the summit of the craft, and everything here still functions exactly as it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe watch is built as an instrument. The case is polished steel in the full Goliath format, 65.9mm, with both covers closing firmly and the maker's cartouche inside. The dial is white grand feu enamel without a hairline or a chip: bold Breguet numerals under a blued steel poire hour hand, a thirty-minute recorder at twelve, small seconds at six carrying the movement number, and an outer track dividing each second into fifths, the scale the trials were read on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt winds, sets and runs correctly; the chronograph starts, stops and resets cleanly, and the split hand divides and catches exactly as designed. It is complete in its original Ulysse Nardin fitted box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUlysse Nardin sent watches to Neuchâtel for decades, and the house's standing rests on results like this one. Most surviving pieces of the type can claim the family resemblance; this one holds the prize itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the 1933 result and the observatory extract are set out in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Nardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54343668236627,"sku":"PW-0093","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/1_c6cf8172-1e60-49bc-ba74-c8af9a6e65b2_Hero.jpg?v=1785190322"},{"product_id":"ulysse-nardin-steel-split-seconds-observatory-chronometer-neuchatel-1943","title":"Split-Seconds Chronometer, First Class at Neuchâtel, 1943","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA documented First-Class observatory chronometer from the 1943 Neuchatel trials, cased as a split-seconds chronograph and complete with its original box and results extract.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne watch, doing two difficult things at once: keeping observatory-grade time, and driving a split-seconds chronograph while it does so. Ulysse Nardin entered this movement, number 121026, in the 1943 pocket-chronometer trials at Neuchâtel and placed in the first class; the printed extract accompanies the watch and the result is set out in The Record below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the hand it is an instrument before it is anything else: a Goliath of 64.6mm in Staybrite stainless steel, hinged back, inner dust cover, a watch with the presence of a piece of laboratory equipment. The dial is white vitreous enamel, laid out for timing: bold Breguet numerals, violet-blued Breguet hands with the open ring near the tip, a thirty-minute counter at twelve, running seconds at six, an outer fifth-of-a-second track, signed Ulysse Nardin, Chronomètre, Locle Suisse and numbered to match the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe split-seconds works from a large button on the case band: one centre hand stops to read an intermediate time while the other runs on, then the two snap back together. Start, stop and reset run through the crown pusher. Every function engages cleanly, and the watch winds, sets and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne honest fault, named up front: a small chip to the crystal rim near the seven. The crystal is a replaceable part, and the watch behind it is unaffected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is supplied in its original Ulysse Nardin Locle-Genève fitted box together with the observatory extract, a pairing that rarely survives intact. Watches of this class were made in small numbers for a purpose that no longer exists, and the ones that can still show their results are the ones that matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marks, the movement and the condition are set out piece by piece in the drawers below; the 1943 placing is set out in The Record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysse Nardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54343668531539,"sku":"PW-0094","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/ulysse-nardin-staybrite-stainless-steel-pocket-watch-1_hero_141fced3-3b11-4416-a656-dc8a162a71d1.jpg?v=1785179042"},{"product_id":"valaire-paris-silver-verge-fusee-pocket-watch-c-1780-1800","title":"Valaire, Paris Silver Verge Fusee Pocket Watch, c.1780-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA large, honestly worn silver pocket watch signed by a documented Paris maker, built when watches like this were still wound and set by key. Nearly two and a half centuries old and still ticking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a silver verge fusee pocket watch signed twice over: Valaire on the dial in cursive script, and again on the movement, with A. PARIS and a Paris beneath. Valaire is a documented Paris watchmaking name. Auction houses including Antiquorum, Heritage Auctions, and Bukowskis have sold pieces bearing this signature, most of them in gold with enamel or gem-set cases, dated across a range from roughly 1790 to 1830.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example is different from those in one important way: it is much larger. At 66mm across, the case is a genuine oignon format, the large, rounded style that was standard before pocket watches shrank down toward the end of the 18th century. Every comparable Valaire piece we found runs 45 to 55mm. The size, combined with the finely pierced and engraved balance cock inside, points to an earlier date within that range, likely the 1780s to 1800.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch is entirely manual in operation. There is no crown. Winding is done through a key at the back of the movement, and the hands are set the same way, through a small aperture near the 1 o'clock position on the dial. This is original to how the watch was built and used, not a later modification or a fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, the movement is gilt brass with a verge fusee escapement and a finely pierced, scroll-engraved balance cock, the kind of hand-finishing that took real skill to produce. It is engraved with the reference number 1859 next to the maker's signature. The case interior carries a cluster of worn punch marks consistent with French silver hallmarking of the period, though age and handling have left them too soft to read with full confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is honest rather than pristine, which is exactly what you would expect and want from a watch this age that has clearly been used and carried, not kept in a drawer. The case edge shows real wear along its engine-turned band, the kind that accumulates over two centuries of pocket carry. The plain outer back is in cleaner shape, with light handling marks only. The hinges are solid, the case shuts cleanly on both the back and the glazed bezel, and the crystal is undamaged. The white enamel dial is clean and sound, just needing a light dusting. Functionally, the watch winds, sets, and runs correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntique pocket watches have been picking up real momentum with collectors recently, prized for the scale of their movements and the tactile experience of winding and setting them by hand. This is a piece for someone who wants a genuine, working example of 18th century French horology, not a display case ornament. It carries a real signature with a real market history, a dramatic scale that is rare to find intact and functioning, and a mechanism built before the wristwatch existed, still doing its job today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valaire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54429829595475,"sku":"PW-0103","price":650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/valaire-silver-pocket-watch-1_hero.jpg?v=1785286863"},{"product_id":"bell-struck-quarter-repeater-in-later-dutch-silver-c-1710","title":"Bell-Struck Quarter Repeater in Later Dutch Silver, c.1710","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA quarter-repeating verge watch that strikes the hours and quarters on a bell, signed Fromanteel \u0026amp; Clarke, the Anglo-Dutch house descended from the maker of Britain's first pendulum clocks. Arcaded white enamel dial and gilt beetle-and-poker hands, in later Dutch silver.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a repeating watch. Work the slide set into the case band and it strikes the hour on a bell, then the quarters, so the time can be read by ear in the dark. A striking watch was among the most complicated things a maker could attempt in the early eighteenth century, and it is the reason the case band is pierced: the frets let the bell be heard. Few verge watches of the period carry the work. It is large, a full 61mm across, open-faced and wound by key, with no crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial is white enamel in the arcaded manner, black Roman hours within a scalloped chapter and an outer ring of Arabic minutes counted in fives, each figure set in a shallow wave. Gilt beetle-and-poker hands sit over it, the hour a chased fleur, the minute a tapering poker, cast and dressed by hand. The enamel carries the hairlines of its age and a small loss beside the centre, set down plainly in the condition report; the black on white still reads at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the back is the work that matters. A full gilt plate fills the case, and over the balance sits a cock pierced and engraved edge to edge with foliage, a silvered regulator disc numbered beside it. The very edge of the plate is engraved too, a running frieze of birds and scrollwork meant for whoever opened the watch and no one else. The repeat train and its rack sit within, driving the hammer to the bell, which is mounted over the movement and struck on its rim. Across the plate runs the signature, in flowing script, Fromanteel \u0026amp; Clarke: the Anglo-Dutch house that reached back to the maker of Britain's first pendulum clocks and kept a shop in Amsterdam as well as London. An engraved W keeps it company, a workshop hand that left no fuller name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe silver that holds all this is younger than the movement. Its marks are Dutch and of the nineteenth century, so at some point in Holland the old watch was given fresh cases and kept in use, which for an Anglo-Dutch maker is a fitting place to have ended up. That is the honest shape of the piece: an early bell-striking repeater in later Dutch silver, working, whole and together. The marks, the movement and the condition are set out in the drawers below.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fromanteel \u0026 Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54920441266515,"sku":"PW-0143","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/fromanteel-clarke-silver-pocket-watch_hero.jpg?v=1789157517"}],"url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/collections\/shop-by-size-goliath.oembed","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}