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| Index No. A5363 | Silver Patent Lever Military Watch |
| An early 20th Century lever with patent replaceable balance assembly in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Patent cock with circular adjustable foot concentric to the pivot marked "Reg No. 664485". Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain silver open face case with screw back and bezel, maker's mark "WE" in an oval, gilt winding crown. | ||
| Anonymous | English | |
| Condition | Circa | 1919 |
| Case | Excellent. | ||
| Dial | Excellent. | Diameter | 55 mm |
| Movement | Excellent. |
| The unusual cock is said to allow the balance assembly to be quickly replaced in the field by workmen of limited ability. In rough service the balance pivots were prone to damage and rather than sending the whole watch to be repaired the cock, spring and balance could be changed and the damaged assembly only returned. It also enables the escapement to be simply put into beat by loosening the dog screws and rotating the cock. This is one of the few English watches to be "mass produced" with interchangeable components and shows the influence of American manufacture, including the use of screw bezels. |
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