Circa 1840. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel, plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blued spiral balance spring, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, the detent mounted in a slot in the dial plate, slide activated quarter repeating on two polished gongs, MH 1983 punched on the dial plate (possibly for Mathew Heizman.) the signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds at V1, Roman numerals and blued steel hands, the movement now housed in custom made 24-carat sterling silver case with crystals front and back mounted in screw-on bezels 48mm.
Circa 1840. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel, plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blued spiral balance spring, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, the detent mounted in a slot in the dial plate, slide activated quarter repeating on two polished gongs, MH 1983 punched on the dial plate (possibly for Mathew Heizman.) the signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds at V1, Roman numerals and blued steel hands, the movement now housed in custom made 24-carat sterling silver case with crystals front and back mounted in screw-on bezels 48mm.
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