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Edmund Massey, London
A RARE MASSEY TYPE IV LEVER WATCH WITH LARGE SECONDS BEATING BALANCE AND CENTRE SECONDS IN ASSOCIATED SILVER PAIR CASES MOVEMENT CIRCA 1840, NO. 303, CASES 1828
• Movement: matt gilded full plate, Massey type IV lever escapement with type III roller, large escape wheel with vertical teeth, decoratively engraved balance cock, very large bi-metallic seconds beating compensation balance, signed and numbered Edmd. Massey, Patentee, 89 Strand, London, no. 303
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, silver spade hands, blued steel centre seconds, signed E. Massey, 89 Strand London, No. 303
• Cases: associated plain silver cases, the inner with winding aperture to back, Regency style pendant, both cases hallmarked Chester 1828 and with maker's mark TE over HF for Timothy Ellison and Henry Fishwick, Liverpool
diameter of outer case 59mm, inner case 52mm
Estimate
2,000
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4,000
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