| A rare 19th Century English duplex clockwatch by McCabe in a gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain, the barrel under a separate bridge with polished steel ratchet and spring. Harrison's maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex
escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Petite sonnerie quarter striking on two polished steel gongs, the resting barrel under a separate bridge. Fine gold dial, the matted border and centre with applied three colour gold decoration. Subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel fleur dis lis hands. Substantial decorative 18 carat full hunter case, the covers and middle profusely chased and engraved. Front cover with a vacant shield shaped cartouch. Wound and set through the gold cuvette which is unusually engine turned, the
apertures marked "Clock - Set Hands - Watch". Maker's mark "AS" in a rectangle and "IMC", number corresponding to that on the movement.
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