English gold lever watch with Masonic engravings Circa 1862
- Kenmerk
- FB0392
- Diameter
- 52 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.750 - 7.500
- Price sold
- € 4.750
Gold watch with engraved coat of arms
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A fine English 18 carat gold open faced key wind Masonic pocket watch with center seconds, Chester Hallmarked for 1862. Finely engraved and chased English lever movement with a cut and compensated bimetallic balance. Skeletonized dial with Roman hours, an outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals on a silvered surround, blued steel Breguet hands. The polished hinged case with a British coat of arms on the back, reading the words Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (shame on anyone who thinks evil of it in English), Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my Right) in a banner underneath and the inner back engraved with a presentation inscription. Signed movement.
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Diameter: 52 mm
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Signed: William Wood 69 Lord St Liverpool
Signed: William Wood 69 Lord St Liverpool

















