Various

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Various

A Bailey Banks & Biddle pendant watch with a silver converted wristwatch, a gold converted wristwatch and an open-faced watch

19th and early 20th Century 

• Bailey, Banks and Biddle: manual wind pendant watch with enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer red Arabic minute ring, filigree hands, subsidiary seconds, engraved monogram to back, later hoop below hinge to facilitate use with a wrist-strap, 30 mm 

• Silver converted wristwatch: unsigned Swiss gilded bar movement, cylinder escapement, plain flat balance, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, Continental silver case, numbered 20453 the back engine-turned and centred with a vacant shield-shaped cartouche, later soldered fixed bar lugs, lacking crown, 30 mm 

• Gold converted wristwatch: manual wind pendant watch converted to a wristwatch, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold case, engine-turned back, 32 mm

• Open-faced watch circa 1860: gilded bar, lever escapement, plain balance, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel hands with bell-form tips, subsidiary seconds, silver case, engine-turned back, floral bouquet engraved to centre, cuvette bearing the signature Patek & Cie, Genève no. 15285, case back numbered 18472, 15285 and with maker’s stamp ECD, 45 mm