An 18ct gold open face pocket watch
Date: London hallmark for 1879
Movement: 3/4 plate, signed John Hall & Co. of Manchester, numbered 49156, stem wind and set
Dial: White enamel, black Roman hour markers, black outer minutes track, subsidiary seconds at 6, blued hands
Case: Polished round form, dust cover engraved/inscribed 'Henry C Simpson 22nd July 1880', stamped 18ct inside back and dust cover
Size: 50mm
Weight: 100g gross

Condition Report

• Case: Some signs of age including small shallow dents and dints, micro-abrasions.
• Crystal: Good.
• Dial: Fine hairline from 11 down to top of sub seconds dial. Very faint hairline from sub seconds to 3.30. Very faint hairline from centre towards 2.30.
• Hands: Very minor tarnishing.
• Movement: Winds, sets and runs.

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