Description

A late 19^th Century minute repeating English lever in a gold half hunter case.  Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gold half hunter hands.  Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, recessed gold slide in the band.  Gold cuvette with a long dedication, maker’s mark “JK” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.