English 18 carat gold half hunting cased lever watch Circa 1903

Gold half hunter with power reserve by Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd.
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A high-quality, English half hunting cased pocket watch with 30-hour power reserve indicator, circa 1903.
An 18 Carat gold case with inlaid radial Roman numerals, gold dome, case maker’s punch mark FT (Frederick Thoms), and turnable pendant. An enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds at 9, 30-hour power reserve indicator at 3, and blued double spade hands. And a signed, frosted, gilt 2/3 plate movement with optionally key winding or crown winding, screwed chatons, chain/fusee, English lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance, free-sprung blued balance spring, and chatoned diamond endstone on balance.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Weight: 120 g
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Signed: Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd. London
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Army & Navy C.S. Ltd.
Army & Navy C.S. Ltd were so-called nautical opticians, dealers who delivered all different kinds of types of equipment to the army and the navy in particular; they were “suppliers of all types of nautical instruments, i.e. sextants, compasses, chronometers and general supplies”. The marine chronometers they sold were usually made by Kullberg and Mercer.