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Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement

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

1700-1725

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

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Quarter repeating Swiss chronograph watch with lever escapement

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

1840

Watch (French or Swiss) with visible balance wheel

1870-1910

Gold cased watch by Brookhouse and Tunnicliffe

1823

Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

1625

Early Omega De Ville wristwatch with Co-axial escapement

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

Automaton watch by Jean Robert Soret

1812

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

1889-1960

Example of watch with improved plastics case

Example of the first plastic watch

1971

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

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

1985

Pendulum watch with verge escapement and cock

1790

Watch with verge escapement

1710-1720

Mystery watch by Armand Schwob & Frère

1900

Gold repeating watch by William Webster

circa 1715

Watch with double dial

1760

Gold pair-cased repeating watch by William Tomlinson

circa 1710

A Royal watch by Samuel Houston

1807

Gold watch by John Gibson, Royal Exchange

1808

Silver watch by Brockbanks

1790

Watch in a rock crystal case by David Ramsay

1630

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

1702

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Seiko combined wristwatch and electronic calculator

1978

Silver watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

1680-1690

Watch with four outer cases, made by Edward Prior for the Turkish export market

1800

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

1812

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

1786

Watch by Vulliamy, London

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

Pocket watch

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

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Deck watch by Breguet et Fils

1830

Gold and enamel watch by Robert Robin

1785-1795

Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux

1879

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

1640

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Quarter repeating watch by Ellicott, London

1765-1775

Cylinder watch with enamelled gold case made for Queen Charlotte

1740-1760