| An early 20th Century English lever by Dent in a gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in
jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring, the back with an engraved family crest, the motto "Fide Vitute et Labore" below. Plain gold cuvette, maker's mark "AS" in an oval and number corresponding to that on the movement.
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