TIM. WLLIAMSON rare, big verge pocket watch with 1/4 hour-self-strike and central second, England around 1780, lavish open-worked and engraved, fire-gild case and outer case, outer case with big lateral hinge and gem stone-set bezel, enamel dial hairlines/faulty, Roman hour-numerals, big Arabic minutes, original gold hands, gold-plated movement with chain and fusee, strike by 2 hammers on case-bell, pierced engraved balance cock with diamond endstone, striking work has to be repaired, striking-clickwork has to be replaced, dust protect and movement-locking to replace, diameter approx. 66 mm, condition 3, property of a collector

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