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| Index No. A7431 | Gold English Fusee Lever McCabe Forgery |
| A small mid 19th Century English lever in a gold open face case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, garnet endstone. Plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement. Signed and numbered white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with vacant shield shaped cartouche on the back, engine turned middle. Number corresponding to that on the movement, maker's mark "G.J" in an oval, additionally "IMC" and "S-S". | ||
| Signed | Ja"s M"cCabe Royal Exchange London 04741 | |
| Hallmarked London | 1859 | |
| Diameter | 43 mm | ||
| Depth | 7 mm |
| Almost certainly a forgery even though fully marked. The number of this watch would indicate a manufacturing date of around 1862 or 3. In addition it uses a steel balance and both the lever and escape wheel have uncapped plain jewels. Casemaker's mark for George Jenkins. |
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