| A rare large early 19th Century English eight day cylinder clockwatch with retrograde date in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind movement with large going barrel. Pierced and engraved cock with diamond endstone, blue steel regulator, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral
hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel. Silver seven tooth star wheel on the plate scratched with the days of the week automatically advancing at each turn of the going barrel. Hour and quarter striking on two polished steel gongs in passing, the striking can also be released by depressing a small button in the pendant. Levers at the edge of the movement marked "N -S" for strike - silent and "quarre -
heure" for hours or quarters. Signed off white enamel dial with flyback day of the month in a semi-circle. Subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gold hands. Substantial large plain silver open face case.
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