Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 210

M. I. Tobias & Co., Liverpool, No. 14190,with Chester hallmarks for 1821-23.Fine 18K gold pocket watch with Massey lever escapement.

C. four-body, solid, with integral dome, the band, pendant and bow with engraved floral decoration, case back engine-turned (rubbed). D. matte gold with raised Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the center engraved with a floral decoration. Gold ?spade? hands. M. hinged gilt brass half-plate with cylindrical pillars, Liverpool jeweling, fusée with chain and maintaining power, Massey lever escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring with gilt brass balance cock with itricately engraved decoration, diamond endstone. Gilt brass sprung dust-cap.Back plate signed.Diam. 54 mm.