Details
A gold and enamel open faced pocket watch, circa 1795,
white enamel dial with letter numerals forming the name Wiliam Bankes, winding hole at 6 O'clock, gold spade hands, fusee movement signed Jefferys & Jones, London, 885, with replaced lever escapement, pierced balance cock with diamond endstone, the vertically hinged case decorated with a panel of deep blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground, deep blue enamel border decorated with white dots, similarly decorated bezel, diameter 40mm.
See Colour Illustration (Plate 5)
white enamel dial with letter numerals forming the name Wiliam Bankes, winding hole at 6 O'clock, gold spade hands, fusee movement signed Jefferys & Jones, London, 885, with replaced lever escapement, pierced balance cock with diamond endstone, the vertically hinged case decorated with a panel of deep blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground, deep blue enamel border decorated with white dots, similarly decorated bezel, diameter 40mm.
See Colour Illustration (Plate 5)