Unusually small gold English keyless fusee lever Circa 1869

Small gold keyless fusee lever pocket watch
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An unusually small English keyless fusee lever in a gold open-faced case, hallmarked circa 1869. Gilt half-plate keyless movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the main plate. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Gold dial with a decoratively engraved center, Roman numerals, and blue steel hands. Plain 18-carat open face case, a monogram on the back. Single back lid engraved inside with the date ’29th May 1878′. Maker’s mark ‘W.R.’ and number corresponding to that on the movement.
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Diameter: 40 mm
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Signed: Lund and Blockley
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This watch is a very small size for a keyless fusee. Interestingly the number in the case has been altered. It is a fractional number and the ‘2’ has been left with the lower figures, ‘579’ carefully struck through and replaced with ‘683’. This may have been due to a mistake or perhaps the original movement was changed by the makers.