$1,422
18kt Gold Pair-Cased Massey Lever Watch by Litherland, Davies & Company, Liverpool, serial #10237, hallmarked 1822, bell-shaped balance cock engraved with flowers and marked Patent on the table, curved foot marked Detached , four wheel train with Massey Type III lever, round gold balance, fusee with maintaining power, cream enameled dial with black Roman chapters and gilt moon hands with 60-seconds subsidiary dial, 18kt gold case stamped TH&Co (Thomas Helsby & Co. ) and bearing the Chester hallmark for 1822, overall dia. 54 mm. Note: Outer case retains an original watch paper inscribed Litherland, Davis & Co., 37 Bold St., Liverpool, and Chronometers, Watches and Clocks . Hairline crack through the subsidiary dial, minute and hour hands are probably replaced, curb pins relocated and pallet arbor moved slightly probably at time of manufacture.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
