An unusual late 19th Century silver combination piece containing a Swiss cylinder watch, a barometer and a compass in the form of an egg. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Silver open face case without pendant and bow, a glass covering the dial. The watch held in a compartment under a hinged deep magnifying glass following the shape of the egg. Silver wire handle. The top section unscrews from the middle to reveal an aneroid barometer, the silvered dial marked "Compensated", rotating bezel. The third section also unscrews to reveal a compass with a mother of pearl dial marked with the cardinal points, rotating to show North. The interior parts of the case gilt bearing London hallmarks and maker's mark "TW" in a rectangle. In a fitted green morocco case lined with velvet bearing the retailer's name.

• Signed __________Josef Reiners - Erben - I Kornmark 7 - Wien
• Hallmarked London 1891
• Dimensions 60 x 44 mm
• Condition
• ==> Case _______ Excellent.
• ==> Dial ._______ Excellent.
• ==> Movement __ Excellent.

A very unusual well constructed piece which appears to have been made in England using a Swiss watch of the period for export to Vienna.

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