English rare 18K gold eight day pocket watch Circa 1874

Gold eight day open faced lever watch 
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An English rare and fine gold two train eight day open faced lever watch made according to the makers patent, with power reserve, circa 1874, gilt three quarter plate movement, lever escapement, twin winding barrels, and fusees chain, bi metallic compensation balance, some jewels carried in screwed gold settings to the back plate, 18 Carat gold polished cuvette with winding and setting apertures, gold dial, engine turned oval cartouches carrying Roman numerals, the ground with decorative stylized floral engraving, outer pink pearled minute track, engine turned subsidiary seconds, the dial edge with applied green gold floral decoration, 18 Carat yellow gold case, the back with arched floral engraved decoration to the edge, repeated star form engraved decoration surrounding a central blank cartouche, the bezels, band and bow with similar engraved decoration, case back and cuvette hallmarked 1874, dial and movement signed Jas Hoddell and Co., Patent, 15 Northampton Square, London.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Signed: Jas Hoddell and Co. Patent 15 Northampton Square London
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This watch, with twin barrels and fusees, is made according to the maker’s own patent, which was registered in December 1857 as patent number 3049.  The English did not make many long duration watches, of those that they did make, only a handful from any period survive.  The present lot is important not only due to its long duration but also because it has survived in such very good condition.