SIGNED VINER & CO., INVENTORS, 233 REGENT STREET & ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3410, LONDON DATEMARK FOR 1866

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Viner. An unusual 18K gold openface pull-wind cylinder watch
Signed Viner & Co., Inventors, 233 Regent Street & Royal Exchange, London, No. 3410, London datemark for 1866
The gilt-finished cylinder movement wound by pulling out the pendant shaft, the engine-turned gilt dial with Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, blued steel moon-style hands, outer chased and engraved foliage decoration in high relief, in engine-turned circular case with snap on back, case numbered and stamped with casemaker's initials FD and London datemark for 1866, dial signed, movement signed and numbered
47 mm.

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Lot Essay

The pump-winding is an early form of keyless winding. The watch is wound by pulling and pushing a shaft located in the pendant.

A similar watch is described and illustrated in The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches, p. 226.

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SIGNED VINER & CO., INVENTORS, 233 REGENT STREET & ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3410, LONDON DATEMARK FOR 1866

Lot Essay

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