A6959
Small Gold Keyless Fusee Lever Pocket Watch
£995.00
Signed Lund & Blockley
Hallmarked 1869
Hallmarked 1869
Unusually small 19th century English keyless fusee lever in a plain 18 carat gold open face case. Gold dial with decoratively engraved centre, Roman numerals, blue steel hands.
Diameter 40 mm
Out of stock
Description
An unusually small 19th Century English keyless fusee lever in a gold open face case. Gilt half plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the main plate. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Gold dial with decoratively engraved centre, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, a monogram on the back. Single back lid engraved inside with the date “29th May 1878”, maker's mark “W.R” and number corresponding to that on the movement.
This watch is a very small size for a keyless fusee. Interestingly the number in the case has been altered. It is a fractional number and the “2” has been left with the lower figures, “579” carefully struck through and replaced with “683”. This may have been due to a mistake or perhaps the original movement was changed by the makers.
