English silver fusee lever watch with silver dial Circa 1895

Silver fusee lever with silver dial
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A late English fusee lever with silver dial in a silver open-faced case, hallmarked circa 1895. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement with dust cover. Harrison’s maintaining power. Engraved cock with garnet endstone, blue steel Bosley regulator, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Silver engine turned dial with subsidiary seconds, applied gold Roman numerals and decoration at the edge and center. Blue steel seconds hand and gilt hands. Engine turned silver open face case with engine turned middle, dedication on the silver inner dome dated 1899. Vacant shield-shaped cartouche and garter on the back cover. Maker’s mark ‘CF’ in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Signed: C.H. Nicholls Castleford