Special Escapements & Dial Indications

A late 19^th Century English lever with power reserve and reverse keyless fusee winding in a gold open face case.  Spotted three quarter plate keyless movement with reverse fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring.  Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. English table roller lever escapement White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Plain 18 carat open face case, engraved dedication on the gold cuvette, apertures for wind and set.  Maker’s mark “HG” over “NS” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

A late 19^th Century Swiss lever with unusual 24 hour dial in a gilt open face case.  Keyless gilt split three quarter plate movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut balance with overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Unusual dial, signed gilt mask with twelve circular apertures and seconds subsidiary, blue steel hands.  The apertures in the mask either show black Roman numerals from one to twelve or red Arabic numerals thirteen to twenty four on a white enamel ring.  The indication is changed by depressing a button in the pendant.  Engine turned gilt open face case, vacant oval cartouche on the back.