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SIGNED JOHN BITTLESTONE, LONDON, NO. 1912, CIRCA 1780
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BITTLESTONE. A GILT METAL AND PASTE-SET PAIR CASE DOUBLE-DIALLED ASTRONOMICAL WATCH
Signed John Bittlestone, London, No. 1912, circa 1780
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, turned pillars, dust cover, the white enamel regulator dial with outer Arabic five minute divisions, eccentric hour display with Roman numerals at 12, gilt hands, centre seconds with stop lever in the band, three subsidiary dials indicating day, date and month, the white enamel dial to the reverse with five subsidiary dials indicating minutes, hours, regulator, lunar calendar and time of tide, fan-shaped aperture for the seconds, in plain inner case, the gilt outer case with red and colourless paste-set bezels and engraved foliate borders, dust cover signed and numbered
63 mm. diam.
Signed John Bittlestone, London, No. 1912, circa 1780
With gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, turned pillars, dust cover, the white enamel regulator dial with outer Arabic five minute divisions, eccentric hour display with Roman numerals at 12, gilt hands, centre seconds with stop lever in the band, three subsidiary dials indicating day, date and month, the white enamel dial to the reverse with five subsidiary dials indicating minutes, hours, regulator, lunar calendar and time of tide, fan-shaped aperture for the seconds, in plain inner case, the gilt outer case with red and colourless paste-set bezels and engraved foliate borders, dust cover signed and numbered
63 mm. diam.