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Owen, Haverfordwest 48mm fusee key wind pocket watch #5101, verge chain driven fusee full plate gilt movement with an elaborately engraved balance bridge and pierced filigree barrel cover, porcelain enamel dial with large bold black Roman numerals and an outer minute marker ring has a number of faint hairlines radiating from the center post along with a small bit of damage around the post itself, heavy gold steel spade and quarter-moon style hands.

Matching smooth polish hallmarked silver JW pair case, both with the British lion hallmark to indicate silver, anchor for the Birmingham office and a date hallmark that we think might be the fancy "N" from the mid-1800's however we couldn't make an exact match with the reference material we had on hand, inner swing out case has an extra long pendant with a hallmarked top, fancy French style bow and a Bull's Eye glass crystal, outer case has a small bezel lip, a recessed hinge, short pendant lips and a side spring clasp along with a number of watch dealer and newspaper clippings fit into the back that span a number of years, both cases are showing normal even wear consistent with age with a few light scratches and some shallow small dents on the outer case, the outer case is missing what was likely a decorative depress to the spring clasp which does still work when pressed with a fingernail and closes securely when shut, inner case measures approx. 53mm in diameter x 77mm in length x 22mm thick (crystal included), outer case measures approx. 59mm in diameter x 18mm thick.

This is a very attractive complete set of a high quality early model pocket watch from the mid-1800s, running well for this type of escapement, in very good overall condition!

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