An 18ct gold full hunter pocket watch, dated 1852, key wind and key set, the white enamel dial with black Roman hour markers and Arabic minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6, polished and engine-turned case, dust cap engraved for presentation, marked 18ct on stem, cover, back and dust cap, 3/4 plate movement signed Henry W Harrison, Liverpool and numbered 20001, 45mm, gross weight 80g, gold weight 44g (cover and crystal hinges at fault, crystal at fault).
Sold for £1,100
Condition Report
Front cover and bezel hinges detached. Crystal cracked. Dial good. Minute hand slightly bent. Movement hinge missing pin. Movement does not wind and is not running. Inscription reads: 'Presented to John McConnell Esquire, By his sincere friend, G.Booker, 1859'.
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