A rare chance to own a watch by this famous  watchmaking partnership which is little changed from when from the day it was made.  The cylinder retains the original Graham-type banking of a pin in the lower plug. Unusually for an English watch it is wound from the front.  It is interesting to note however that the dust cover is still made with a collar for the winding square which was plugged before gilding.  As the date of the case is correct for the number of the movement it seems that a “standard”  movement was used when the customer required a consular cased watch.  Thomas Mudge & William Dutton were both apprenticed to George Graham continuing the line of famous makers from the 17th Century.  This example was made while  Mudge was still an active in the partnership.  He moved to Plymouth in 1770 due to ill health.  Casemaker Peter Mournier who was most commonly used by Mudge and Dutton