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Index No. A5703 Calendar Verge with Unusual Dial
A late 18th Century English calendar verge with unusual enamel dial in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with round pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Unusual white enamel dial, the numerals replaced by the name "Henry Selfe", Arabic numerals for the date calendar and minutes.  The centre of the dial flat, the border bearing the numerals raised,  blue steel beetle and poker hands, later gilt calendar hand. Matching silver pair cases, silver pendant and bow, maker's mark "IT".
SignedJno Hunt   Amersbury
ConditionHallmarked London 1784
CaseExcellent.
DialExcellent. Diameter 52 mm
MovementExcellent. Depth 15.5 mm
The shape of the dial is very unusual and a distinctive feature of this watch.  The name is probably that of the original owner.
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