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Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

1640

Pocket watch taken from the scene of the Pretoria Pit Disaster of 1910 which claimed 344 lives

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Pocket watch

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Working model of the co-axial escapement built by George Daniels

1985

watch presented to Robert Elsdon by Renold Chains Limited to mark 45 years service

Early Omega De Ville wristwatch with Co-axial escapement

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

1700-1725

Full plate fusee watch by Wm. Potts of Leeds and Newcastle NER 55

1840

Gold cased watch by Brookhouse and Tunnicliffe

1823

Full plate keyless watch by Lancashire Watch Co. of Prescot no. 328964 LNWR

1889-1960

Quarter repeating Swiss chronograph watch with lever escapement

Example of watch with improved plastics case

Example of the first plastic watch

1971

Watch (French or Swiss) with visible balance wheel

1870-1910

Seiko combined wristwatch and electronic calculator

1978

Oval verge watch signed G Petit

1630

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

1710

Oval shaped watch by Henry Archer

1630

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

1601-1700

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Watch with alarm by Robert Grinkin

1610

Gold watch with champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

1650

Gold and enamel watch by Andrews

1785-1795

Silver astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

1660

Silver watch with alarm by Jeremy Gregory

1670

Lever escapement watch by John Grant

1795

Pair cased gold watch by Septimus Miles

1814

Triple-cased quarter-repeater watch by Paul du Pin

1739

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

1776

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Tourbillon watch manufactured by Nicole Nielsen and retailed by S Smith & Son

1907

Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

1675

Gold watch by Brounker Watts

1700-1710

Under-painted horn pair cased watch by George Flote

1800

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

1794

Puritan-style watch by Edward East

1630

Silver pair cased watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

1670