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Index No. A7946 Gold English Fusee Lever with up / down Dial
A 19th Century English fusee lever with power reserve indication 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, compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement with unusual patent resilient banking.  Escape and lever pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with subsidiaries for power reserve and seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat open face case, maker's mark "AS" in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.
SignedW Davis & Sons 57 New Street  - Birmingham  - Patent Lever
Hallmarked London 1875
Diameter 55 mm
A larger than usual example with a form of resilient banking using a small "U" shaped piece of hairspring around the tail of the lever.
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