{"title":"The Gallery","description":"The core collection. Desirable, well-chosen watches across makers and eras.","products":[{"product_id":"j-g-graves-sheffield-express-english-lever-sterling-silver-pocket-watch-chester-1895","title":"The Express, an English Lever in Chester Silver, 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned by J.G. Graves of Sheffield, one of England's most celebrated mail-order watch houses. Chester hallmarked for 1900, key-wound, running and keeping good time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.G. Graves of Sheffield was one of the major names of Victorian commercial watchmaking: not a maker but a mail-order retailer of great reach, who sold pocket watches to working Englishmen across the country. The \"Express\" English Lever was his flagship watch: a bold name, a recognisable red-and-black dial signature, and a serviceable movement inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn George Graves served his apprenticeship with a watchmaker on Gibraltar Street, Sheffield, and set up on his own at twenty, later moving to larger premises on Surrey Street. He sold by post on monthly terms through the national press, and by 1903 employed 3,000 people. The Express was advertised as \"Genuine British throughout\" in massive sterling silver cases, five shillings with the order and nine monthly payments after, and its movements came from English factories: the Lancashire Watch Company at Prescot, the Errington factory at Coventry and William Ehrhardt of Birmingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example is Chester hallmarked sterling silver, with the date letter R for 1900. The movement is wound and set with a key. The white enamel dial carries Roman numerals, gilt hands with a blued seconds hand, and a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock. The case back bears an engraved cartouche, a blank shield with scrollwork, never personalised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning well, keeping good time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.G. Graves of Sheffield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239630229843,"sku":"PW-0018","price":280.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/jg-graves-silver-pocket-watch-1895-front.jpg?v=1783546728"},{"product_id":"elgin-1903-gold-filled-full-hunter-pocket-watch-17-jewel-signed-enamel-dial","title":"Full Hunter in a Keystone J. Boss Gold-Filled Case, c.1903","description":"\u003cp\u003eA running c.1903 Elgin full hunter with a clean signed enamel dial, cased in Keystone's J.Boss gold-filled. Honest, correct and ready to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a genuine Elgin pocket watch made around 1903 at the company's factory in Elgin, Illinois. The movement is a 16-size Grade 241 running on 17 jewels, with nickel damascened plates, a safety pinion and a fast\/slow regulator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is a Keystone Watch Case Co. 'J.Boss' full hunter, gold-filled and guaranteed for 20 years when new. The engine-turned back is still crisp, with a plain central cartouche that was never engraved. The hunter lid springs open cleanly and snaps shut tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is signed Elgin and is in excellent condition, with no chips or hairlines. It carries bold Roman numerals and a sub-seconds register at six, with blued spade hands. The case measures 50.2mm across.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMechanically it is honest and working: it winds smoothly, sets cleanly by pulling the crown, and runs well. The only cosmetic note is light surface scratching to the crystal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved, running American full hunter, ready to carry or display.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elgin National Watch Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239672336723,"sku":"PW-0072","price":245.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/elgin-gold-filled-hunter-pocket-watch-c1903-front.jpg?v=1783547230"},{"product_id":"victorian-swiss-open-face-pocket-watch-white-enamel-dial-key-wind-c-1870s","title":"Cylinder Watch, White Enamel Dial, Engraved Case, c.1870s","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnonymous Swiss manufacture, with a cylinder escapement, white enamel dial and an engraved silver-tone case. Running well and in honest unrestored condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Swiss open-face pocket watch of the type produced in large quantities for the European export market during the 1860s and 1870s. The movement is a cylinder escapement with key-wind action, running correctly and winding smoothly. The case is silver-tone with a snap-shut caseback and inner dust cover, engraved with foliate decoration to the rear. The dust cover is engraved in script, Cylinder Four holes Jewelled. Under the dust cover is a gilt bar calibre with a plain three-arm brass balance and a flat hairspring; the case shows no fineness marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel Roman numeral dial is clean and legible, with hairline cracks running out from the centre and light age spotting. Subsidiary seconds run at six o'clock. The case measures 48.8mm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239711265107,"sku":"PW-0001","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1865-front.jpg?v=1783548679"},{"product_id":"austro-hungarian-800-silver-open-face-pocket-watch-white-enamel-dial-key-wind-c-1875","title":"Silver Watch with a Hand-Guilloché Case, Cylinder, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open-face cylinder watch in an engine-turned 800 silver case with Austro-Hungarian marks, a white enamel dial and key winding, c.1880.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDating from approximately 1875 to 1890, this open-face pocket watch pairs an unsigned cylinder movement with a silver case assayed in Austria-Hungary. The case is struck with the dog's head hallmark, confirming 800 silver fineness under the standards of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exterior caseback is decorated with engine-turned guilloché work surrounding a central floral cartouche. The hinged gilt dust cover is engraved in script \"Cylindre Quatre rubis\" with the number 26841, the specification of a four-jewel cylinder escapement, and the inside of the back is stamped AP over the same number.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bar movement has a plain brass balance with a flat hairspring under an engraved cock, and it winds and sets with a key through the two holes in the dust cover. No key is included. The watch runs and is in honest working condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Austro-Hungarian)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239717720403,"sku":"PW-0002","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-austro-hungarian-silver-pocket-watch-c1875-front.jpg?v=1783549464"},{"product_id":"swiss-double-guichet-jump-hour-pocket-watch-nickel-case-pin-pallet-c-1900","title":"Jump-Hour, Read Through Twin Apertures, c.1900-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eTime read through windows, not hands. This Swiss pocket watch displays both the hour and minutes through twin apertures in a plain metal mask, a working form of mechanical digital timekeeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Swiss pocket watch from around 1900-1920 that tells the time through windows rather than with hands, a jumping hour above a running minute disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosef Pallweber of Salzburg patented a digital display for pocket watches in 1883, and the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen and Cortébert made watches under his patent, with jumping hours and jumping minutes. Swiss makers later fitted a simpler version, a jumping hour over a running minute disc, to the inexpensive pin-pallet movement Georges Frédéric Roskopf had introduced in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1867. This watch is one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe display is what makes it. A keystone-shaped aperture at the top reveals the jump hour, a numeral that sits still, then snaps cleanly forward as each new hour arrives. Below it, a crescent-shaped window exposes a rotating disc marked in five-minute increments, giving a continuous read of the minutes. There are no hands, only the two apertures cut into a plain metal mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a Swiss pin-pallet calibre of Roskopf type, unjewelled and stamped SWISS MADE, adapted to drive the jumping hour and the minute disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is nickel, 49.5mm, open-face, with an engine-turned back disc and blank cartouche. The mask is scratched, with rust spotting at the edges of both windows and a scuff below the minute window; the back shows light rust spotting. The watch winds, sets, and runs correctly, and the jump mechanism functions as intended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239721488723,"sku":"PW-0003","price":720.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-nickel-jump-hour-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783549695"},{"product_id":"gransar-bricout-silver-pocket-watch-dual-24-hour-dial-engraved-caseback-c-1895","title":"Bohain Watch with Red 13 to 24 Hour Numerals, c.1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century-old nickel silver pocket watch from northern France with red 13 to 24 hour numerals printed inside the black 12-hour chapter of its enamel dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a distinctive French-retailed pocket watch whose interest lies in the dial. The white enamel face carries large black Arabic hours with the afternoon hours 13 to 24 printed inside them in red, so the time reads in both conventions at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is nickel silver, lever-opening to reveal a gilt lever movement signed ULTRA on the balance cock 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 the dial. The movement runs well and the push-button hand-setting functions correctly. The movement was made in Besançon by Geismar \u0026amp; Cie, which produced its own ébauches and movements and registered the Ultra name in 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gransar-Bricout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239730237779,"sku":"PW-0004","price":195.0,"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 Swiss pocket watch with a hand-engraved niello heraldic caseback and a red 24-hour chapter ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade in Switzerland and signed \"Belgica\", this open-face pocket watch carries a gold medal quality claim, \"Médaille d'Or\", engraved on its silver dustcap alongside the jewel count: 10 Rubis. Its silver cuvette is engine-turned, with a gilt serrated border framing the engraving. The caseback is the centrepiece: hand-engraved silver filled with black niello, showing a helm and leafy mantling above a vacant shield, surrounded by dense scrollwork and floral borders, with matching niello decoration running around the bezel.\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. Gilt Louis XV hands, a gilt dot minute track, a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, and a glass crystal complete the dial picture. The 10-jewel cylinder movement is marked \"DEPOSE\" (registered design) and runs reliably. The bar movement has its regulator marked AVANCE and RETARD on the balance cock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 0.800 silver case is 43mm across and in honest good condition, with age-appropriate wear and light tarnish and no dents or damage. The inner cover is struck with the German crescent and imperial crown over 0,800, the mark Swiss case makers used on silver cases for the German market once Germany's fineness law took effect on 1 January 1888. 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":280.0,"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":"unsigned-swiss-gold-filled-full-hunter-pocket-watch-gilt-movement-sub-seconds-c-1895","title":"Gold-Filled Full Hunter, White Enamel Dial, c.1910-1925","description":"\u003cp\u003eA well-preserved Swiss full hunter, c.1910-1925. Gold-filled case, white enamel dial, running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn anonymous Swiss full hunter pocket watch of c.1910-1925, housed in a gold-filled case stamped GARANTIE 10 ANS. The inner face of the cuvette is finished with overlapping circular graining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth covers are struck inside with the case number 750-4363, and the cuvette and both covers carry the matching assembly number 25. The front cover also carries a small triangle enclosing an X. The ten-year guarantee on the gold covering is struck in a navette cartouche on the cuvette. The case has a fluted crown and a stepped back bezel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial has sloping Arabic numerals with an outsize 12, square five-minute markers, a sub-seconds register at six o'clock with a railway track numbered 10 to 60, and slender gilt hands, the hour hand of pear shape. There are hairline cracks in the enamel consistent with the watch's age. The case exterior carries light surface scratches, with green deposits in the bezel grooves and at the hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, a gilt lever movement with a separate barrel bridge, a shaped train bridge and an engraved balance cock. The screwed compensation balance has a flat hairspring, and the regulator index runs to an F and S scale on the train bridge. Winds smoothly, sets cleanly, and runs with good accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239741739347,"sku":"PW-0006","price":360.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-gold-filled-hunter-pocket-watch-c1895-front.jpg?v=1783550515"},{"product_id":"smiths-empire-gold-plated-pocket-watch-anglo-celtic-british-made-1962","title":"Gold-Plated Open-Face from the Anglo-Celtic Works in Wales, c.1962","description":"\u003cp\u003eA British-made pocket watch from the Anglo-Celtic factory at Ystradgynlais in Wales, marked MADE IN GT. BRITAIN on both dial and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Smiths Empire pocket watch was built in Wales at a time when Swiss and American movements dominated the market, at the Anglo-Celtic Watch Company's Ystradgynlais factory, a government-backed joint venture between Smiths and Ingersoll that produced over 30 million watches between 1946 and 1980. The works opened in March 1947 on the Ynyscedwyn estate, and its watches went out as Smiths Empire and Ingersoll Triumph to some 60 countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is the factory's own pin-lever calibre, built for everyday reliability and straightforward maintenance. The movement plate is stamped 62, which places it about 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold-plated open-face case presents well, with an attractive engine-turned guilloche caseback and a clean white dial carrying bold Roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock. The watch winds smoothly, runs well, and sets correctly. An honest, wearable piece with genuine British provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smiths Empire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239745016147,"sku":"PW-0007","price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/smiths-empire-gold-plated-pocket-watch-1962-front.jpg?v=1783550703"},{"product_id":"swiss-pocket-watch-spoor-en-zee-chronometer-rotterdam-gilt-movement-c-1890","title":"The 'Spoor en Zee Chronomètre', Rotterdam, c.1910-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned in red by the Rotterdam retailer v.d. Eerden's, who sold it under the trade name 'Spoor en Zee Chronomètre'. In running order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Swiss open-face pocket watch, c.1910-1920, was retailed by v.d. Eerden's of Rotterdam under the trade name \"Spoor en Zee Chronomètre\" (Railway and Sea Chronometer). The retailer's signature appears in red script on the white enamel dial: \"v. d. Eerden's \/ Spoor en Zee Chronomètre \/ Rotterdam.\" W. v. d. Eerden sold watches and jewellery on the Weste Wagenstraat by the Haagsche Veer from at least 1901, and later also on the Binnenweg. He advertised the Spoor en Zee Chronomètre in the Rotterdam papers from 1912, in nickel or silver, and in 1922 offered it to railway and tram officials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an honest working instrument: a 51.5mm white metal case, a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and blue steel hands, sub-seconds at 6 o'clock, and a gilt Swiss lever movement with a separate barrel bridge and an Avance\/Retard regulator, in running order. The caseback features engine-turned guilloché decoration with an unengraved monogram cartouche. Running well. A fine hairline crosses the enamel from the centre through the signature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239749636435,"sku":"PW-0008","price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-nickel-pocket-watch-c1890-front.jpg?v=1783550885"},{"product_id":"cyma-chronometre-pocket-watch-red-24-hour-dial-art-deco-nickel-case-c-1918","title":"Chronomètre with Red 24-Hour Ring, Art Deco, c.1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA signed Cyma Chronometre with a red 24-hour chapter ring and an Art Deco engine-turned case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial and movement are signed Cyma. It uses a 15-jewel Cyma movement with gold-set ruby bearings, a signed bridge plate, and Cyma's own patented construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri-Frédéric Sandoz founded the Tavannes Watch Co. at Tavannes in 1891, and from 1892 the firm worked with the Schwob brothers of La Chaux-de-Fonds, whose watches went out under the Cyma name. Tavannes registered Cyma as its own trade mark in 1904.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced circa 1918-1925, 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 silvered 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. Gilt hands with pierced lozenge tips 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 to the lower half without detracting from legibility. One small dent is present on the caseback, and a fine hairline runs across the subsidiary seconds register.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cyma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239751143763,"sku":"PW-0009","price":385.0,"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":"Workers' Watch in a Geneva 1896 and Milan 1906 Medal Case, c.1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss Roskopf Patent workers' watch in nickel silver, its cuvette stamped with the house's exhibition awards: the Médaille d'Or from Geneva 1896 and the Diplôme d'Honneur from Milan 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roskopf Patent was Georges Frédéric Roskopf's 1867 design for an affordable, robust working man's watch. In 1873 Roskopf handed his business to Wille Frères and their partner Charles-Léon Schmid of La Chaux-de-Fonds; the Schmid house, Vve Ch.-Léon Schmid \u0026amp; Cie, won the Diplôme d'Honneur at Milan in 1906 and registered this cuvette mark in 1913. This example was made in the years after the 1906 Milan International Exhibition: the cuvette is stamped MÉDAILLE D'OR GENÈVE 1896 and DIPLOME D'HONNEUR MILAN 1906 around the Roskopf star, ringed by struck images of prize medals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial has bold Arabic numerals, red 13 to 24 numerals on the outer track, and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, and fine hairlines run through the enamel across the centre. The gilt hands are ornate and intact. The movement, a Roskopf pin-lever in gilded brass with a jewelled balance, winds smoothly and runs well. The hands set by the push-button in the band.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roskopf Patent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239756091731,"sku":"PW-0010","price":115.0,"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 KPM Service Gift, Indonesia, 1955","description":"\u003cp\u003eA silver Moeris with documented provenance: presented to DJAELAN by the Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij on 1 June 1955 for 25 years of service in the Indonesian archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade between 1934 and 1955 by Fabrique des Montres Moeris of St-Imier, Switzerland, this open-face pocket watch was a long-service award. The inscription on the inner caseback reads: [KPM seal] DJAELAN \/ 1-6-1955 \/ 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 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 1955, nearly ten years after Indonesian independence was proclaimed and two years before the December 1957 takeovers of Dutch firms in Indonesia drove KPM to move its headquarters to Singapore, the company presented this watch to DJAELAN for 25 years of service. He had started around 1930, 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 with a screw balance 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. The case is marked 0.800 with the Swiss grouse, the German crescent-and-crown silver mark and the case maker's mark.\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moeris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239774048595,"sku":"PW-0011","price":280.0,"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lincoln\" was a trade name applied to Swiss-made movements in the mid-twentieth century. Inside is 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, and there is a small spot of verdigris on the bezel by 9.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt winds smoothly, sets correctly, and runs. The numerals are Breguet-style Arabic inside a railway minute track, and the back opens to a plain brass dust cover; the case carries no marks. 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":80.0,"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, Art Deco, c.1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open-face Junghans pocket watch from Schramberg, its white enamel dial signed with the Junghans star and the name JOTA, in a chrome-plated case with an Art Deco engine-turned back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial carries the Junghans eight-pointed star around a J, with the name JOTA beneath it. Jota is the name Junghans gave its calibre 38a movements in its own calibre list, and the movement here is signed with the same star and stamped 38a\/I: an 18.5-ligne hand-wound calibre with setting through the crown, made in Schramberg in the Black Forest between 1926 and 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold black Arabic numerals sit on the white enamel dial, with 13 to 24 hour numerals on the outer minute track and subsidiary seconds at six. The hands are copper-toned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is chrome-plated base metal and carries no marks. The back is engine-turned in fine straight lines, crossed by polished stepped bands that frame a plain rectangular cartouche, a pattern that places the case in the Art Deco years around 1930.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plating is worn at the lower edge of the bezel, with no dents. The movement winds and runs; the hand-setting is unreliable and needs a service, and the price reflects it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Junghans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239778996563,"sku":"PW-0014","price":175.0,"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":"swiss-silver-ladies-pocket-watch-800-silver-cylinder-escapement-c-1890","title":"Ladies' Watch in Engraved 800 Silver, Cylinder, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delicate Swiss ladies' pocket watch in engraved 800 silver, running well and offered honestly with all condition faults declared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoused in a beautifully engraved 800 silver case with a gold-plated GALONNE bezel, this open-face Swiss ladies' pocket watch dates to approximately 1890-1910. The case back features guilloche engine-turning with scrollwork engraving and a blank central cartouche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 10-jewel cylinder movement winds at the crown and sets by a pin on the case band. The inner cuvette is struck \"QUALITÉ SUPÉRIEURE\" over four medallion heads, with \"Remontoir Cylindre\" in script and \"10 RUBIS\". The back is struck with the Swiss grouse control mark for 0.800 silver, an LEC 0,800 shield and the German crescent and crown, used on Swiss cases from 1888.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial presents Arabic numerals with ornate gilt hands and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered honestly: the crystal is cracked and requires replacing, there are enamel cracks near the 7, 8, and 9 numerals with a small chip at the edge beside the 8, and the dial rattles slightly in the case. The movement runs well. All faults are reflected in the price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239780798803,"sku":"PW-0015","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1890-front.jpg?v=1783553161"},{"product_id":"kaiserstunde-silver-pocket-watch-engraved-agricultural-caseback-1923-provenance-c-1910","title":"Engraved Rural Scene, Inscribed and Dated 1912","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Kaiserstunde pocket watch with a country scene engraved across its back and an owner's inscription inside the lid: a name, Utrecht and the year 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade by Kaiserstunde, the watch brand of Les Fils de Numa Gagnebin in Tramelan, Switzerland, this open face pocket watch is engraved outside and inscribed inside. The caseback is engraved with a country scene on a fine ruled ground: a man riding a work horse, a girl walking ahead of it and a woman carrying a hay rake, framed in a floral border. Inside the back lid is an owner's inscription cut in wriggle-work script: a name, the town of Utrecht and the year 1912.\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, with honest wear consistent with its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaiserstunde watches were made in Tramelan in the Swiss Jura. The double-headed eagle mark was first registered in 1901 and passed to Les Fils de Numa Gagnebin in 1909. The inscription places the watch in 1912 or earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA characterful piece with a fine engraved caseback and dated provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kaiserstunde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239809798483,"sku":"PW-0016","price":195.0,"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":"wwf-panda-pocket-watch-full-hunter-chrome-case-17-jewel-german-movement-c-1980s","title":"Full Hunter with the WWF Panda Dial, Seventeen Jewels, c.1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chrome-plated full hunter with the WWF panda on its white dial and a seventeen-jewel movement on show through a display back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe logo on the dial is the WWF panda in the form the organisation used from 1986 to 2000. No maker's name appears on the dial or the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full hunter chrome case springs open to reveal a clean white dial bearing the WWF panda logo, Arabic numerals, and the inscription 17 RUBIS, SHOCKPROOF, MADE IN GERMANY. The display back shows the movement: a seventeen-jewel Chinese standard calibre, stamped 17Z on the train bridge, with shock protection on the balance and a spacer ring holding it in the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case measures 47mm, with the crown at nine o'clock on the dial. The movement winds and sets correctly and runs well. The front lid is decorated with bands of fine straight lines, and the case shows little wear; the bow is brass-coloured against the chrome of the case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WWF","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239812649299,"sku":"PW-0017","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/wwf-chrome-pocket-watch-c1980-front.jpg?v=1783553865"},{"product_id":"antoine-fils-chrome-pocket-watch-17-jewel-swiss-lever-sub-seconds-c-1960s","title":"Chrome Open-Face, Seventeen-Jewel Movement, c.1960s-1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA clean, honest pocket watch that winds, runs, and keeps time. Seventeen jewels, signed Antoine \u0026amp; Fils on the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Antoine \u0026amp; Fils is a mid-century pocket watch built to be used. The dial is a model of postwar clarity: a clean white face, crisp Arabic numerals, and green-luminous sword hands. Above the sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, the dial is printed \"ANCRE 17 RUBIS\": a 17-jewel lever movement.\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. The dial is signed \"Antoine \u0026amp; Fils\" in script beneath the 12.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt winds smoothly, sets cleanly, and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antoine \u0026 Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239813599571,"sku":"PW-0019","price":80.0,"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":"swiss-full-hunter-pocket-watch-blue-sunburst-enamel-dial-belle-epoque-baldomero-marin-c-1900","title":"Twelve Blue Sunburst Enamel Medallions, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking Belle Époque dial: twelve individual blue sunburst enamel medallions frame each Arabic numeral on the white enamel face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve individual blue sunburst enamel medallions encircle the white enamel face, one radiating behind each Arabic numeral, a decorative style fashionable in Swiss export watches around 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial carries the signature of Baldomero Marín of Villena, the Alicante retailer who sold the watch and had the dial signed to his name, a standard practice in the export trade of the period. The piece pairs the dramatic dial with a three-body full hunter case, ornate floral engraving on the back, and a gilt movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inner lid is stamped Echappement Perfectionné \/ Marche Garantie under an arc of seven exhibition medal stamps. The lever escapement runs well, and the hands are set by a push-piece in the case band beside the pendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is stamped METALOR V.A.R. DÉPOSÉ inside the back, a registered trade name for a gilt base-metal case. It is not gold. The bold floral engraving on the back remains crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinor chips to the white enamel dial background. All twelve blue medallions are intact. The crystal is clear. Running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA visually distinctive example of decorative Swiss export watchmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss) \/ Baldomero Marín, Villena (retailer)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239813992787,"sku":"PW-0021","price":295.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/baldomero-marin-gold-plated-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783554307"},{"product_id":"zenith-silver-pocket-watch-open-face-17-jewel-lever-c-1918","title":"Niello-Striped 800 Silver, Grand Prix Medal, c.1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA signed Zenith movement in an 800 silver case, its inner cover stamped with the Grand Prix Paris 1900 and the Geneva gold medal of 1896. Running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZenith was founded in 1865 in Le Locle, Switzerland, by Georges Favre-Jacot, who pioneered in-house manufacture of every part of the watch. The firm traded under his name until 1911, when it took the name of its Zenith movement, and by 1914 it employed some 1,200 people in Le Locle. At the 1900 Paris World's Fair, Zenith was awarded the Grand Prix, the highest honour available, for the quality of their movement. Four years earlier, in 1896, they had taken the Medaille d'Or in Geneva. Both accolades are stamped on the inner cover of this watch alongside the Zenith signature in script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is numbered 2275104 and dates to c.1918-1922. It is a gilt manual-wind movement, signed \"Zenith\" on the plate, running well and keeping good time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 50mm case is 800 silver, its back and bezel in black niello ruled with fine diagonal lines, gilt on the back. The white enamel dial is signed Zenith with clean Arabic numerals, gold-toned hands, and a subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition is honest. The case wears its age well: patina and light surface wear, no dents. The dial has hairlines on the left side around 9 and 10, with a small chip at the edge by the 9. The crystal has minor surface scratches. Movement winds and sets correctly and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA signed piece from one of Switzerland's oldest continuously operating manufacturers, with documented accolades to match. Chain not included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239816483155,"sku":"PW-0022","price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/zenith-silver-pocket-watch-c1918-front.jpg?v=1783554918"},{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-open-face-sub-seconds-c-1895","title":"Silver Watch Inscribed P. Kroon, 12 December 1895","description":"\u003cp\u003eA solid 800 silver Swiss pocket watch inscribed P.KROON 12\/12\/1895, with the Swiss federal grouse hallmark, in running order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the back cover, P.KROON \/ 12\/12\/1895 is scratched by hand. Kroon is a Dutch surname.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is solid 800 silver, struck inside the back with 0,800, the Swiss grouse control mark and the German crescent and crown, which dates the case to 1888 or later. The engine-turned guilloche back retains its fine geometric pattern beneath a natural patina. Inside sits a double-back construction: an outer case, an inner dust cover, and then the movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gilt Swiss lever movement winds and sets correctly. It runs. It would benefit from a service to address slight stiffness in the winding stroke, but it is a functioning mechanism. The silvered metal dial carries Arabic numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, both showing honest age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239820841299,"sku":"PW-0023","price":110.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1895-front.jpg?v=1783555155"},{"product_id":"swiss-ladies-pendant-watch-rose-gold-filled-acanthus-engraving-c-1900-1910","title":"Ladies' Pendant Watch, Rose Gold-Filled Star Case, Acanthus, c.1905","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small Edwardian pendant watch: a Swiss gilt movement in a rose gold-filled American case, hand-engraved with acanthus scrollwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example pairs a Swiss manual-wind movement with a rose gold-filled case produced by the Star Watch Case Company of Elgin, Illinois, a specialist case-maker founded in 1899.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is the standout: the back, bezel and band covered in dense hand-engraved acanthus scrollwork around an uninscribed cartouche, the crown fluted. The white enamel dial carries six applied gold star motifs at the centre and a daisy-bordered chapter ring, characteristic of the decorative fancy dials popular in the 1900s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs. Winds smoothly, sets correctly, keeps going. The dial has hairline cracks radiating from the centre, one up to XII and several through the lower half, visible on close inspection. The case and movement are in good order throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239821857107,"sku":"PW-0025","price":130.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/CB_01854-front.jpg?v=1783555375"},{"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, 66.57mm across, carries four complications: a day-of-week register, a date display, a month indicator, and a moonphase shown through an aperture in the small seconds dial, above an engraved landscape with a building. All four are fully functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a nickel-finished bar calibre of Swiss export production, with wave-decorated bridges, gilt wheels and blue steel screws. The calendar is written in Czech, with PON, ÚT, STŘ on the day register and LED, ÚN, BŘEZ on the month register, made for the Czech-speaking market of Bohemia and Moravia. The hands are set by a push-pin on the case band beside the pendant, with four corrector pushers in the case band, one beside each subsidiary dial, for advancing each indication independently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gunmetal case has a deep, uneven patina, darker in recesses and 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 intact, and several of the black Roman numerals show flaking. The mineral glass crystal is intact but hazy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe month names are the Slavic Czech forms, KVĚT for květen, LIST for listopad and PROS for prosinec, rather than the Latin-derived names of most European calendars; Bohemia and Moravia were then crown lands of Austria-Hungary. The subsidiary dials have concentric-turned centres inside a pearl minute track, and the crown is fluted brass. The case steel carries the blackened finish the Swiss case trade called acier oxydé. The screwed balance runs under a cock engraved Avance and Retard for its index regulator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerial number 37489 is stamped on both the outer and inner caseback.\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":880.0,"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, c.1890","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 72mm Swiss Goliath signed 'Phoenix Indestructible': triple calendar, moonphase and sub-seconds, all five complications working.\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', a name found on Swiss movements made for the British market, and the barrel bridge is stamped 'May 1886' with 'Swiss Made' beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch carries 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 same signature and 'May 1886' stamp appear on other Swiss Goliath calendar watches and on watches in Swiss 0.935 silver cases, the standard made for the British market. The 'Swiss Made' beneath the date is the wording the Swiss trade adopted in spring 1888, after the British Merchandise Marks Act of 1887.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a large gilt brass bar construction with a crown wind lever escapement, polished steel screws, and ruby jewels throughout. Under a hinged inner cover, the bridges are cut away in S-shaped openings over the steel winding wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial retains its original heat-blued hands and bold Roman hour markers. The enamel has a chip with crazing near eleven o'clock and hairline cracks running from it across the dial, and the moonphase disc carries heavy patination. The nickel silver case shows light surface marks and natural tarnish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. All complications functioning. 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The subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock has a moon aperture, but the moon disc is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe registers read in French: the date to 31 at nine, the month from JAN to DEC at twelve, and the day from DIM to SAM at three. The movement has hammered nickel bridges with gilt cocks for the balance and escapement, a screwed balance, and a long regulator index whose scale is marked F and A at one end and S and R at the other. The case is steel, given the blackened finish the Swiss case trade sold as acier oxydé, now worn back to bright metal at the edges.\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 at the crown, and the hands set by a pin in the case band beside the pendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial has an old filled repair at 8 o'clock, where the lower loop of the 8 has been repainted, enamel losses near 2 o'clock and at the edge by 4 o'clock, and hairline cracks across the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsigned Swiss export work, with no maker's name on the dial or movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239825002835,"sku":"PW-0028","price":745.0,"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":"breitling-sprint-stopwatch-caliber-411-multi-sport-dial-c-1967-1970","title":"Sprint Multi-Sport Referee Stopwatch, Red Sector Dial, c.1967","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Breitling Geneve Sprint referee stopwatch carries the bold red sector dial and sport icons that made it a fixture on sidelines from basketball courts to football pitches. Mechanical Swiss precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Breitling Geneve Sprint was designed not for the wrist but for the referee's pocket: a Swiss-made mechanical timing instrument for professional sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced in the late 1960s, when Breitling still used a chrome case construction (the brand switched to resin in the 1970s, making this a pre-transition example), the Sprint was Breitling's answer to the referee's need for a reliable, legible, and robust mechanical timer. This example carries the iconic multi-sport dial: a graphic white lacquered face with a bold red sector timing zone and a ring of illustrated sport icons marking the playing periods for swimming, basketball, football, rugby, hockey, and water polo. One stopwatch, every sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a Caliber 411 lever-escapement stopwatch mechanism, a purpose-built instrument calibre rather than a wristwatch movement repurposed for timing duty. It winds by the knurled crown at the top, starts and stops cleanly on the upper pusher, and resets with a satisfying snap via the side pusher. This example runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case retains its original three-part chrome construction with the signature matte black bakelite mid-ring intact. The brushed caseback carries light honest surface wear consistent with decades of use. The red sector on the dial shows some wear and fading in the lower zone: present, legible, but not pristine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crossover piece: chrome-era Sprint for Breitling collectors, a period artefact for sports memorabilia collectors, and a strong graphic design object in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning and fully functional.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Breitling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239828312403,"sku":"PW-0029","price":420.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/breitling-chrome-pocket-watch-c1967-front.jpg?v=1783556485"},{"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\u003eThe Waldenburg watch factory was founded in 1853; Gédéon Thommen took it over in 1859, and the firm sold watches under the Revue name from 1908. The movement is a gilt brass split three-quarter plate with a cut bimetallic balance, signed REVUE on the train bridge. The case is 0.900 silver, struck 0,900 with the German crescent and crown, a mark in use from 1888. 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, with surface patina and light marks on the inner dome, but no dents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reliable, well-made Swiss pocket watch from a named Waldenburg maker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239836275027,"sku":"PW-0032","price":145.0,"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, c.1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Perseo issued to the Italian State Railways, its stainless steel case engraved with the FS emblem, on a 17-jewel Cortebert movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1927, Perseo watches were issued to the staff of the Italian State Railways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCortebert, the Juillard family's manufacture in the village of Cortébert in the Bernese Jura, registered the Perseo name with its three stars in 1913. The Juillards sold the firm to Omega in 1962. Cortebert also supplied movements to Rolex.\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 the FS emblem of the Ferrovie dello Stato and the number 216161.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs well, winds and sets correctly. The white lacquer dial is in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perseo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239851086163,"sku":"PW-0033","price":145.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"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 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. 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The movement is a Swiss Unitas 6498 with 17 jewels and Incabloc shock protection, its textured bridges signed SWISS, SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS and UNADJUSTED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold-plated full hunter case measures 50mm and presents well, with engine-turned texture and a blank shield cartouche on both covers, and a glazed inner back that shows the movement. 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. 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Its key-wound and key-set cylinder bar movement places it at about 1860-1880.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bar movement is finished in gilded brass and runs on 6 ruby jewels; the number 10774 is the case number, struck inside the back and engraved on the cuvette. 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 several hairline cracks, the inner case back bears the wear of many decades of use. The engraved outer back remains legible and attractive. It has not been tested running, as it needs a winding key.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fleury Geneve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54239902171475,"sku":"PW-0037","price":90.0,"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":"swiss-silver-open-face-pocket-watch-15-rubis-spiral-breguet-sub-seconds-c-1890s","title":"Fifteen Jewels, Breguet Overcoil Hairspring, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open-face Swiss pocket watch in 0.800 silver by Phénix of Porrentruy, c.1890-1915.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crescent and star struck inside the case and again on the movement's pillar plate is the house's registered emblem. It was first used in 1882 by Dubail, Monnin, Frossard \u0026amp; Cie, who founded the firm in 1873, and kept into the Phénix Watch Co years. The factory made its own movements, cases and dials, and was an early maker of machine-built lever watches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is the firm's 15-jewel lever calibre, sold as \"Halbmond und Stern\", with a Breguet overcoil hairspring and straight-line escapement. The inner cuvette is engraved ANCRE 15 RUBIS \/ SPIRAL BREGUET \/ LIGNE DROITE. It winds smoothly and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engine-turned case has a rose-gilt bezel and back rim and a blank foliate cartouche on the back. It carries the 0,800 fineness mark and the Swiss grouse assay punch. 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The white enamel face is arranged with purpose: bold Arabic hour numerals, the hours 13 to 24 printed in red on the outer minute track, and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock. The gilt hands are exceptional: fully pierced and skeletonized in an ornate scrollwork pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is 0.800 silver, 46.5mm, with a rose-gilt bezel, band and bow and an engine-turned back carrying a monogram engraved in a shield cartouche. Inside the back are the Swiss grouse over 0.800, the German crescent and crown, and the maker's mark C.F. in an oval. The gilt movement features a decorated cock and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242176172371,"sku":"PW-0039","price":140.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1893-front.jpg?v=1783580339"},{"product_id":"elgin-spartan-two-tone-pocket-watch-rose-gold-filled-nickel-7-jewels-c-1908","title":"Two-Tone Rose Gilt and White Metal, c.1921","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Elgin open face in a two-tone Spartan case by the Illinois Watch Case Co., die-stamped white metal bezels around a rose-coloured band, running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by the Elgin National Watch Co. around 1921, this open face pocket watch carries movement serial number 24,077,961. It is a 16-size, 7-jewel Grade 291, Model 7, pendant set, with nickel plates damaskeened in a chevron pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is an Illinois Watch Case Co. \"Spartan\", the firm's base metal grade, in a handsome two-tone configuration: a die-stamped flower and scroll border on the white metal bezels frames a rose gilt middle band, with the bow and crown also gilt. It measures 51mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is signed \"Elgin\" above centre, with bold Arabic numerals and a sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock; a fine hairline runs from the sub-seconds register out towards the 5. The blued steel hands are intact and correct. The movement winds and sets properly and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe caseback is heavily scratched from daily use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242182037843,"sku":"PW-0040","price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/elgin-two-tone-pocket-watch-c1908-front.jpg?v=1783580547"},{"product_id":"swiss-silver-open-face-pocket-watch-ancre-15-rubis-precision-sub-seconds-c-1900","title":"Silver Watch, Engine-Turned Guilloché Caseback, c.1910","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss 800 silver open face pocket watch of about 1910, with an engine-turned guilloche back and a 15-jewel lever movement, running well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unsigned Swiss open face pocket watch dates to the early twentieth century. The cuvette is engraved ANCRE, LEVÉES VISIBLES DOUBLE PLATEAU, 15 RUBIS and PRECISION below a small star, among six gilt medal stamps: a lever escapement with visible pallet jewels, a double roller and fifteen jewels, with no maker named. The gilt bridge movement has a screwed balance and a flat blued hairspring, and it winds, sets and runs well. The movement is numbered 54577 on the barrel bridge and the case 695230.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is 800 silver, struck 0,800 with the Swiss grouse inside the back and on the cuvette. The bezels and band are rose-gilt, worn through to the silver at the hinges, and the back is engine-turned around a scrolled shield cartouche left blank. The white enamel dial shows Arabic numerals in an elegant period script with a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock and gold-tone Breguet-style hands. A small chip with short hairlines running from it sits between 11 and 12. Crystal has minor surface wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50mm case diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242185380179,"sku":"PW-0041","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783580779"},{"product_id":"veto-precision-silver-pocket-watch-24-hour-dial-17-rubis-haute-precision-c-1940s","title":"Two-Tone Silver Watch with Red 13-24 Hour Numerals, c.1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Swiss lever movement signed VETO PRECISION, in a two-tone 800 silver case, with red 13 to 24 hour numerals around a white enamel dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Veto Precision carries red 13 to 24 hour numerals on the outer minute track, alongside a crisp white enamel dial and sub-seconds register at six o'clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVETO was registered in 1905 as a trade mark of the Favre family's watchmaking firm at Cormoret; Liengme \u0026amp; Co. took over Favre Frères and its brands in 1938. 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: the bezel, band and bow are rose-gilt, the engine-turned back left in silver. The guilloche engine-turned caseback centres on a blank heraldic cartouche. Light honest age wear, no dents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Veto (Favre Frères, Cormoret)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242188198227,"sku":"PW-0042","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/veto-precision-silver-pocket-watch-c1940-front.jpg?v=1783581011"},{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-goliath-pocket-watch-regulateur-dial-67mm-c-1900","title":"Goliath with Régulateur Dial in Oxidised Steel, c.1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 67mm Swiss Goliath in dark oxidised steel with a gilt crown and bow, framing a clean white enamel dial signed Régulateur. Large and running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is signed Régulateur in script, with Roman hours, an outer ring of Arabic five-minute numerals between gilt minute dots, and sub-seconds at 6. Hours and minutes are read from pierced gilt hands at the centre. The case is a 67mm Goliath. Régulateur was the name the trade gave to large-calibre pocket watches around 1900, their bigger balance meant to keep steadier time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is oxidised steel, stamped inside the back with an oval mark reading ACIER GARANTI and OXYDAGE INALTERABLE around the initials PF. The gilt daisy crown and bow provide a deliberate contrast against the dark case. The case mark guarantees the steel and the permanence of its oxidised black finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is Swiss lever with push-piece setting, and is protected by both an inner dust cover and a display crystal over the movement. The nickel bridges carry an engraved zigzag pattern. 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It winds, sets and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial has large black Roman numerals, an outer minute track, 8 DAYS printed above the centre and SWISS MADE at six, with blued steel spade hands and a blued seconds hand in the sub-seconds dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the conventional-dial form of the Swiss 8-day. Unlike the Hebdomas, whose balance shows through an aperture in the dial, it keeps a traditional layout, with the balance and train under bridges at the back and a sub-seconds register at six o'clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Argentan (nickel silver) case is solid and honest, showing minor wear consistent with its age of c.1905-1920. The white enamel dial is clean apart from a fine hairline running from the centre to the seconds dial. The gilt brass movement is stamped BREVET + 33236, the Swiss patent for a long-running watch movement filed in March 1905 by Georges Ducommun, founder of Doxa at Le Locle. 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In 1912 Georges Ducommun bought the Château des Monts above the town, which now houses the Musée d'horlogerie du Locle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open-face example wears its argentan (nickel silver) case well at 66mm. The white enamel dial is clean and legible, with bold Arabic numerals, a railway minute track, blued steel hands and sub-seconds at 6 o'clock. The movement winds smoothly and runs reliably; the hands are set by pressing the push-piece beside the pendant and turning the crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case carries honest surface scratching consistent with its age and working life, but presents solidly. 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The band is engine-turned, and the back is engine-turned around a plain round cartouche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is in very good order: clean Roman numerals, a neat sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, and gilt hands with a spade hour hand. The movement is key-wind and key-set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is a gilt full-plate movement with an ornately engraved balance cock, decorated with fine scrollwork and a jewelled cock table. The movement winds well, sets correctly, and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inner caseback is engraved \"W. 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He apprenticed as a watchmaker at fourteen, built a mail-order empire that sold watches by the thousand, and at his peak was buying up to 70% of the entire output of the Lancashire Watch Company in Prescot. The \"Express English Lever\" was the cornerstone of his watch range: a full plate movement sold under the Graves name and sold on monthly terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is clean, with no chips or crazing and only a few small specks at the seconds track; the model name is printed in red and the Graves signature in black. The sterling silver case shows light surface wear, and the back carries an engraved scroll cartouche left vacant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a gilt full plate lever, key wound through the back. The watch is key wound through an aperture in the inner cover, set in an engine-turned collar. The movement winds and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inner case is hallmarked for sterling silver at Chester in 1901, with the J.G. Graves sponsor's mark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.G. Graves of Sheffield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247890452819,"sku":"PW-0047","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/jg-graves-silver-pocket-watch-1893-front.jpg?v=1783613947"},{"product_id":"unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-cylinder-escapement-key-wind-c-1860-1880","title":"Silver Key-Wind Cylinder Watch, Engraved Back, c.1870","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open-face silver key-wind watch with a white enamel dial, a gilt cylinder movement and a back engraved with leaf sprays around an interlaced frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unsigned open-face watch in silver, 44.4mm across, wound and set with a key through the back. The white enamel dial has black Roman numerals and a minute track of strokes with a dot at each five minutes, and the gilt hands end in blued arrow tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gilt bar movement has a cylinder escapement and a plain three-arm balance with a flat hairspring, under a cock with a screwed endpiece and a regulator index. The engine-turned cuvette carries two polished panels: the upper one is engraved in script \"Cylindre huit rubis\", the lower one was left blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back is engraved with a border of leaf sprays and fan motifs around an interlaced frame set with flower heads and a blank lozenge cartouche. The band is reeded. Inside the back are the French crab mark, the guarantee for small silver work of the 800\/1000 standard assayed outside Paris, a maker's mark JR in a lozenge and the case number 59529. The crab is repeated on the cuvette, and 4824 is struck on both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs. Light staining sits at the edge of the dial at lower left.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247911194963,"sku":"PW-0051","price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-c1860-front.jpg?v=1783614174"},{"product_id":"swiss-silver-fob-watch-masonic-engraving-two-tone-enamel-dial-key-wind-c-1875-1890","title":"Two-Tone Enamel Dial, Floral Engraved Silver Case, c.1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eA finely preserved Swiss pocket watch from the key-wind era, with a two-tone enamel dial and a floral engraved silver case back. Enamel in perfect condition. Running consistently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDating to approximately 1875-1885, this open-face pocket watch is housed in a silver case stamped FINE SILVER with a crown, a Swiss case marking of the years before the federal hallmarking law came into force in 1882. At 34.6mm, it is a compact and finely proportioned piece. The silver case is decorated with engine-turned engraving around the bezel edge. The outer case back is engraved with floral sprays around a vacant shield cartouche on an engine-turned ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe centrepiece is the dial: two-tone white enamel, with the Roman chapter ring on its own band around a separate centre field, which carries black scrollwork decoration around the hand collet. The enamel is clean, with no chips or hairlines visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth hands are gold-toned with blued tips. The key-wind, key-set movement winds and sets correctly, and runs with admirable consistency. The frosted gilt bar movement has a plain brass balance and a regulator marked FAST and SLOW in English, and both winding and hand-setting are done with a key through the hinged cuvette.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (Swiss)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247922827603,"sku":"PW-0052","price":235.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-silver-pocket-watch-masonic-c1880-front.jpg?v=1783614383"},{"product_id":"swiss-nickel-pocket-watch-gre-roskopf-24-hour-dial-sub-seconds-c-1900-1915","title":"Nickel Roskopf Watch with Red 13 to 24 Hour Numerals, c.1905-1925","description":"\u003cp\u003eA solidly built Swiss Roskopf-type pocket watch in nickel, with red 13 to 24 hour numerals around its enamel dial, made by the Société Horlogère Reconvilier, one of the major producers of the early 20th-century Roskopf movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorges Frédéric Roskopf produced his pin-lever watch in 1867. The Reconvilier factory, registered as Société Horlogère Reconvilier in September 1902, specialised in higher-quality Roskopf watches. This is a large 50.3mm example in a plain nickel case that opens at the back to a hinged inner dust cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis example dates to c.1905-1925 and carries a white enamel dial with bold black Arabic numerals, a plain minute track, red 13 to 24 hour numerals around the outer edge, sub-seconds at six and pierced rose-gilt hands. The movement pillar plate is stamped with the maker's mark S.H.R. and the number 4110, and the dial is signed GRE ROSKOPF PATENT, the Swiss trade form for a watch of the Roskopf type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning very well. Mechanically the watch is in excellent working order: it winds, sets and runs correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Société Horlogère Reconvilier (S.H.R.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247930265939,"sku":"PW-0054","price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-swiss-nickel-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783614567"},{"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 Swiss silver pocket watch by Schild Frères \u0026amp; Co, the Grenchen firm that became Eterna in 1905. Running well, with an immaculate white enamel dial.\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 registered the Eterna trade mark in 1905, and this piece carries their IXL trademark (registered 1891) on the case back, along with the PROT cross that Schild struck on its movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrs Schild and the physician Josef Girard founded the business in Grenchen in 1856 as a movement maker, and by 1878 it was making complete watches with its own cases and dials. After Urs Schild died in 1888 the firm passed to his brother Adolf and his sons Max and Theodor as Schild Frères \u0026amp; Co, and the IXL shield on this case was registered in January 1891. Adolf left in 1896 to found A. Schild SA, and Theodor ran the firm from 1899 until 1932.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is .800 silver, 48.6mm in diameter, with gold-plated front and back bezels. The back is engraved with flowers and foliage inside a chevron border, on an engine-turned ground around a blank cartouche. Silver marks (0.800 fineness, the Swiss wood-grouse, and the German crescent and crown for the German market) 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 to a silver inner dust cover, and both close securely.\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. The bow carries a small stamp reading IGFI.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSourced from a private collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schild Frères \u0026 Co (precursor to Eterna SA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247941996883,"sku":"PW-0055","price":275.0,"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":"h-samuel-climax-trip-action-patent-sterling-silver-lwc-movement-chester-c-1900","title":"'Climax Trip Action' Patent, Retailed by H. Samuel, 1905","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hallmarked Edwardian pocket watch from the Lancashire Watch Company of Prescot, complete with a patented safeguard against mainspring breakage and gilt fleur-de-lis hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lancashire Watch Company of Prescot, founded in 1889, brought most of the town's movement makers into one factory. This open-face sterling silver watch was made for H. Samuel of Manchester under their 'Climax' trade name; the Trip Action on its dial was patented by the company's founder, Thomas Hewitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Trip Action named on the dial is a small wheel on a hinged arm between the barrel and the centre pinion, made to drop out of mesh if the mainspring breaks and so spare the train (British patent 21,412, 1895). The top plate is engraved 'Climax Regd' and 'Guaranteed English Manufacture Throughout'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is hallmarked at Chester with the lion passant for sterling, the town's sword-and-wheatsheaves arms, H. Samuel's sponsor's mark H.S and the cursive date letter E for 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is in excellent, unmarked condition, signed in period script for 'The Climax Trip Action Patent' and 'H. Samuel, Manchester', with a subsidiary seconds register at six o'clock. The hour and minute hands are gilt fleur-de-lis, with a blued steel seconds hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engine-turned back carries a strap-and-buckle cartouche around a vacant scroll shield. Wound and tested, it winds, sets, and runs correctly and consistently.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lancashire Watch Company (retailed by H. Samuel, Manchester)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248012185939,"sku":"PW-0056","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/h-samuel-silver-pocket-watch-c1900-front.jpg?v=1783615103"},{"product_id":"unsigned-english-sterling-silver-key-wind-fusee-victorian-c-1850s-1880s","title":"English Silver Key-Wind, Fully Hallmarked, c.1886","description":"\u003cp\u003eHallmarked English sterling silver with a white enamel dial, in running order. A genuine Victorian key-wind, ready to wear or display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Victorian English pocket watch in hallmarked sterling silver, open-face, key-wind. The case carries a full set of British hallmarks: a lion passant for sterling standard, a sponsor's mark reading 'WC', and a gothic date letter m for Birmingham, 1886.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a gilt full-plate, key-wind construction with a finely engraved balance cock (foliate scrollwork) and a cap jewel. It winds smoothly, sets correctly via the key from the front dial (the bezel and crystal lift on a hinge to access the dial), and runs consistently with no slipping or resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dial is white enamel with bold Roman numerals and a sunk subsidiary seconds register at 6 o'clock. It's clean, with no chips; a fine hairline runs from the 6 o'clock marker to the edge. The hour and minute hands are mismatched in style, likely a later service replacement. The crystal is a later acrylic replacement, in good condition with no cracks or chips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase diameter is 52.6mm, a substantial size that wears and displays well. The case shows honest handling wear, fine scratching typical of age, with no dents, cracks, or repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (English)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248055144787,"sku":"PW-0058","price":195.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-english-silver-pocket-watch-c1850-front.jpg?v=1783615484"},{"product_id":"louisine-gunmetal-8-day-visible-escapement-hebdomas-movement-c-1913-1920","title":"Eight-Day, Visible Escapement and Engraved Barrel, c.1910-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pocket watch you wind once a week, not once a day, with its escapement visible through the dial and its engraved barrel under the hinged back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Louisine-signed pocket watch runs on the Hebdomas movement, the 8-day design patented by Irénée Aubry in Switzerland in 1888, made by Graizely and from 1913 by Schild \u0026amp; Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds, one of the most common eight-day pocket watch designs of its day. Rather than winding it every day, one wind carries it through the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement shows itself on both sides. Under the hinged case back the barrel itself is visible and engraved, and it visibly rotates as you wind. The barrel carries four exhibition medallions and the names Geneve 1896, Paris 1900, Chicago 1892, Milan 1906 and Bruxelles 1910, the last of which places the movement after 1910. On the dial side, a cut-out reveals the balance wheel and escapement in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case is a substantial 51.5mm, open-face, in gunmetal, 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 markings: 8 Jours, 8 Tage, 8 Days, 8 Dias and 8 Giorni. 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.\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":385.0,"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":"unsigned-swiss-gold-filled-half-hunter-dennison-star-case-c-1920s","title":"Gold-Filled Half-Hunter in a Dennison Star Case, c.1920s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA half-hunter in a Dennison Star gold-filled case, with a white enamel dial and an unsigned Swiss lever movement that winds, sets and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis half-hunter pocket watch comes in a gold-filled case made by the Dennison Watch Case Company of Birmingham, England, one of the largest watch case makers in Britain and a longstanding supplier of cases to Rolex, Omega, and Longines among others. The case carries Dennison's \"Star\" grade marking, denoting a bonded 9ct gold outer layer over a base metal core, and has the maker's mark and case serial 759387 inside the back cover, with the ENGLISH MAKE ten-year guarantee and the same serial in the cuvette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front cover carries a ring of Roman numerals around its central glazed aperture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside is an unsigned Swiss lever movement fitted with a sub-seconds dial, housed behind a clean white enamel face with bold Roman numerals and \"SWISS MADE\" either side of the sub-dial. The watch is in full working order: it winds smoothly, sets correctly via the pull-out crown, and keeps running reliably. The dial is in excellent condition throughout, with no chips or hairlines to the enamel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back is stamped Dennison Watch Case Co. 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