| A 19th Century English lever with Burdess patent winding in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt movement with gilt dust cover. Fusee and chain with Harrison's maintaining power. Engraved gilt cock with diamond endstone, polished steel regulator, silver sector index on the plate.
Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. English table roller lever escapement, screwed in jewelling. The winding lever protrudes through the inner dome of the case, engaging a ratchet mounted on the fusee square via a sprung pawl. The watch is wound by moving this lever backwards and forwards. The hands set by moving a wheel at the edge of the dial. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, blue steel hands.
Plain silver open face case with ribbed middle, gold hinges, flat crystal glass. The back cover opened by depressing a button in the pendant, maker's mark "IH" and number corresponding to that on the movement.
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