English repeater with grande and petite sonnerie Circa 1865

Historically interesting full hunter clock watch
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A fine, unusual and historically interesting English 18 carat gold hunting cased two train minute repeating grande and petite sonnerie keyless lever clock watch, circa 1865. Gilt finished 3/4 plate highly jewelled two trains keyless lever movement wound by turning the crown to either side, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, gilt brass escape wheel, bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, double overcoil to the flat blued steel hairspring, free-sprung regulator, diamond endstone, minute repeating and en passant striking on two polished steel hammers. Gold cuvette with engraved inscription. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel spade hands and constant seconds. Case with an engraved representation of the H.M.S. Worcester to the front, the back with engraved initials ‘JHS’, quarters/full strike and strike/silence levers underneath the bezel, repeating slide in the band. Case and cuvette stamped ‘E.W.’ and numbered, movement signed and numbered, case stamped with London date letter for 1891.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Signed: Army & Navy Cooperative Society Limited 105 Victoria Street London