Lot 169

Howard

A verge pocket watch with regulator dial, full calendar, moon phase and centre seconds

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The dial is decorated with two delicate blue flower tendrils and has five displays: An off-centre hour ring with Roman numerals at 12 o’clock, a date ring at 3, a chapter ring for the months at 5 o’clock, phases of the moon at 7 and the day of the week at 9 o’clock.
This calendar watch was probably ordered by Edward Howard in Switzerland. Howard was active in Kirby Street, London, and is recorded from 1780 to 1804.