English 18 carat gold dual time lever captain’s watch Circa 1860
- Kenmerk
- CH1471
- Diameter
- 52 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.500 - 5.000
- Price sold
- € 2.050
Gold open faced key wind lever watch
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An English 18 carat gold open faced dual time key wind lever captain’s watch made by M.J. Tobias in Liverpool, circa 1860. The gilt finished jewelled lever movement with a three armed balance. A metal cuvette. Engraved gilt face showing various village scenes with three further subsidiary dials for two time zones and subsidiary seconds, and a center sweep hand. An engine turned and engraved case, the back cover with the American eagle and swag reading E Pluribus Unum, a leaf scroll motif to the rim, band and bezel with an engraved scroll motif, a start/stop lever in the band for the center seconds timing hand. Cuvette signed, cuvette and case numbered.
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Diameter: 51.5 mm
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Signed: M.J. Tobias Liverpool
Signed: M.J. Tobias Liverpool




















