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Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Oval verge watch signed G Petit

1630

Oval shaped watch by Henry Archer

1630

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Silver astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

1660

Early London made pendulum clock by Edward East

1601-1700

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Month-going longcase clock with a 1¼ seconds pendulum

1675-1685

Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

1525-1550

Watch with enamel portrait believed to be of Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693)

1650

Oval crystal-cased watch with miniature and locket by A Senebier

1630

Watch with mock pendulum, by M. Martinot

1700

Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Vautrollier

1622-1628

Travelling 'coach' watch by Edward East

1640-1660

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

1600

Silver watch with sytlised pomegranate case by Edward East

1650

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

1680
Watch, coach, with verge movement

Coach watch

1660
Very small pedometer in a gold case. Blued steel hands. The white enamel dial marked from 1 – 10 around the circumference, with a subsidiary dial recording up to 50. The inside back of the case stamped “K 14”, “6” and three indistinct further numbers. Screw pace adjustment. Indistinctly stamped on the bow, which has a facetted gilt-metal split ring. C. 1900. 22mm dia. Maker unknown.

Very small pedometer in a gold case

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1685
Clock, spring, verge movement

Spring clock

1601-1700
Pair-cased watch by Jeremy Gregory, c. 1670. Outer case covered with leather and studded with gold, the inner made of rock-crystal with gilt mounts. Silver dial with decoratively engraved centre and single hand. Movement with verge escapement, tulip pillars and worm-and-wheel set-up regulator. Signed on the backplate ‘Jeremie Gregory att the Royal Exchange’. Clockmakers' Museum No. 38

Pair-cased watch with rock crystal inner case by Jeremy Gregory

1670
Watch by John Smeaton, York, 1645-1650. Faceted rock crystal case, set in a finely engraved gilt-metal frame. Gilt-metal dial engraved with an angel with outstretched wings, foliage, rabbits and squirrels, and a lakeside scene to the centre. Silver chapter ring and blued steel hand. Fusee movement with verge escapement, a train of three wheels, worm and wheel set-up and screwed on cock. Clockmakers' Museum No. 1512

Watch in a rock crystal case by John Smeaton

1645-1650
Pedometer in a silver case, glazed back and front. Blued steel hand. White enamel dial numbered from I to XII. Gilt and blued steel movement hinged to open from the front. Screw pace adjustment. Hallmark probably London 1872. 42mm dia. Maker unknown. c. 1910

Pedometer in a silver case

Pedometer with engine turned silver case. The back centrally engraved with a crest (a gryphon’s head erased) and the initials PHH. Blued steel hand with pierced counter-balance. The white enamel dial with black numerals I – XII over a very pale grey chapter ring. The dial centre with and eight-pointed star painted in blue, its points separating eight tiny flowers with gilt petals. Gilt and blued steel movement, frosted plates. The case numbered 1105 but not hallmarked. Late 19th century. 45.5mm dia. Maker unknown.

Pedometer with engine turned silver case