Lot 330

Hackler, Preston, 56 mm, 163 g, circa 1860
A gentleman's unusual pocket watch with oversized five-arm balance, formerly with Massey-Typ-IV-lever escapement
Case: silver, engraved cartouche, engine-turned, reeded band, case maker's punch mark "HM" (probably Henry Mansell of Liverpool), glazed movement. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, spade hands. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, silvered, large monometallic five-arm balance (29 mm), blued balance spring, chatoned diamond endstone on balance.

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