F ARMSTRONG BROCHET,

F ARMSTRONG BROCHET,
MANCHESTER
Mid-19th century

Gold pocket watch with independent deadbeat seconds hand

Case: round on hinge with English guarantee hallmarks on the back, gold bowl with three openings for the square winding of the hours and minutes, mainspring and independent deadbeat seconds, the case entirely guilloché
Dial: white enamel with Roman numerals and stylized hands, serpentine center deadbeat seconds hand with safety catch on the case middle, railway minute track and small second hand
Movement: mechanical with key winding, three-quarter plate with chatonné jewels, three visible winding squares, the first for adjusting the hours and minutes, and the other two for the mainspring and independent deadbeat seconds, spiral balance with advance/retard adjustment racket, signed and numbered on the plate "F Armstrong &| Bouchet Manchester No. 65727".

Diam. 55 mm
Gross weight 136,4 g

F ARMSTRONG BROCHET, Manchester
Mid 19th century
Gold pocket watch with dead independent seconds