Fine English yellow gold key-wound pocket watch Circa 1860

Gold open faced lever
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A very fine English, 18-carat gold open faced key-wound pocket watch, circa 1860.
A polished case and a hinged gold cuvette. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and blued steel spade hands. Frosted gilt movement, lateral lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance with gold temperature, Breguet balance spring, parachute, index regulator. Case signed.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Thickness: 13 mm
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Signed: Rob Roskell  Liverpool
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Robert Roskell Sr. is one of the most famous Liverpool retailers and manufacturers of high-grade all-English-made pocket watch movements in Preston, Lancashire. Robert Roskell was traditionally associated with his partner Peter Litherland, who made the manufacturer famous for the quality of its verge escapements (rack lever escapement). Roskell Sr. often worked in close association with his children and that of his brother John.