An early 19th Century English doctors dial verge signed for the original owner in silver gilt pair cases. Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars. Gilt plate engraved with the owners name placed over the makers name, “Willm Brice Sandwich”. Pierced and engraved cock, engraved plate for the silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Lateral blue steel stop lever. Signed flat white enamel dial, the subsidiary seconds of Arabic numerals intersecting the offset chapter for time above with Roman numerals, blue steel seconds hand, gilt hands. Plain silver gilt pair cases, the gilt worn from the outer case, maker's mark “IT” over “IW”.
An interesting watch in excellent condition. The signature on the dial is fired in when it was made but the plate for the signature has been placed over the makers name (listed in Baillies 1795). This is dated one year before the hallmark date of the case, perhaps due to London marks being changed in May. George Minter, a cabinet maker in Sandwich, married Mary Debock in December 1804. Interestingly another George Minter, possibly his father, married Sarah Debock in 1771. He died in 1824. A transcription of his will accompanies the watch.
