1875, Large Sterling Silver Fusee English Lever Pocket Watch; Cleaned & Working

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1875, Large Sterling Silver Fusee English Lever Pocket Watch; Cleaned & Working Description: On offer is a very good Solid Silver Fusee Table Roller English Lever Pocket Watch. This is a nice example with a beautifully engraved Solid Silver dial offset by Gold numerals and applied Gold decoration. The double-bottomed original case is Hallmarked for Sterling Silver, London, 1875. This is quite a large & heavy watch at 53.3mm diameter, 21mm thick and weighing 140g. The Movement is unsigned though the the casemaker's mark I.H (for John Harris, York Street, Coventry & later (1886) Hertford Place, Coventry) is clearly visible. The case and movement are both numbered 39107 . A lovely example of a mid-Victorian Gentleman's Pocket Watch. The watch has been completely dismantled and each component individually hand-cleaned, then oiled properly during reassembly. It is in excellent clean working order with no unexpected stoppages over a two week testing period. The watch will be supplied complete with Antique key and well illustrated English fusee lever operational instructions. Case : Original double-bottomed case in very good condition apart from the rear cover, bearing the London Hallmarks for Sterling Silver, 1875 (lower case gothic u) . Case maker's mark I.H for John Harris as detailed above. Front cover closes beautifully and both of the solid silver hinges are excellent. The rear cover does Vacant engraved shield cartouche on the rear case. Diameter 53.3mm excluding bow and depth 21mm. Glass : Excellent and unmarked. Dial : Solid Silver, beautifully decorated with engine turning and applied Gold in Excellent condition. Solid Gold Roman Numerals to main dial, nicely engine turned subsidiary seconds dial. Gold minute and hour hands, black steel seconds hand. Movement : Full plate Fusee Single Table Roller English Lever, with the movement number "39107" . Three-armed polished steel Balance Wheel with Flat spiral hairspring and Bosley Type Regulator; Ratchet tooth escape wheel with the usual jewelling to the Lever pallets and Balance cock/lower balance wheel pivot holes. Fusee internally shows no wear to the ratchet or both paws ( Clear Endstone to Engraved Balance Cock. Keywound from the rear, Keyset from the front (key supplied). Original clean dust-cover. Postage & neat secure packing within the UK by Special Delivery is �6.50. Worldwide delivery including insurance is approximately �13-15; I would recommend overseas bidders request a postage quote before bidding which I am very happy to provide. I will use Royal Mail Airsure delivery to those countries where available which is trackable to it's destination or International signed for delivery with enhanced insurance to all other countries. In all cases a signature is required upon delivery. I offer a no quibble 28 day returns policy and am happy to refund a buyer and accept a return if you are unhappy in any way with your purchase. Return postage is the responsibility of the buyer. Clearly the item must be returned to me in the condition it was sent for this to operate. All my watches and clocks described as "fully cleaned & serviced" have been personally completely dismantled and components handcleaned using professional watch cleaning solutions and oiled properly during reassembly. I do not subscribe to the method of "dunking" whole movements in an ultrasound machine. Watches described as "fully working" are just so and will have worked properly under several days scrutiny before listing - any irregularities will be stated in the description. I am very pleased to say that I have returning customers. Should there be any concerns upon receipt please inform me immediately and I will do my best to rectify - antique watches are delicate, the postal service potentially less so! Any questions, please do not hes... read more

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