"Solid Silver Pocket Watch Or Fob Watch With Floral Scroll And Crest Decoration."
- Solid silver pocket or fob watch with floral scroll and coat of arms decoration.- French crab title hallmark 800/1000 in use in France from 1838 to 1984 present on the head of the pendant, on the bail and the partially erased bowl, dust cover and edge of the fob watch with the different from the office of guarantees of control of precious metals of Besançon in the department of Doubs (25) between the lower legs of the crab.- Diamond-shaped goldsmith's hallmark present on the bowl of the fob watch with a beehive and the letter L and another illegible letter inside the goldsmith's hallmark on either side of the beehive.- Number 14434 engraved in hollow on the bowl and the dust cover, around the bezel of the pocket watch, back of the bowl, guilloché and chiseled with decoration of floral scroll, foliage and shield blank with initial, smooth edge of the watch.- White enamel dial, Arabic numerals for the hours painted in black and Arabic numerals painted in red for the 24 hours, graduation with index painted in black.- Louis XV hand in gilded metal, beveled and slightly domed and beveled mineral glass.- Small seconds dial at six o'clock railway graduation for the seconds painted in black, second hand in gilded metal.- Gilded brass movement set with rubies with cylinder escapement, screws, ratchet, crown wheel, advance and retard racket in polished steel and located above the balance.- Winding on the pendant and setting the time by pressing the small push button located to the left of the pendant head while turning the winding crown clockwise at the same time.- In perfect working order, serviced by a watchmaker.- Period late 19th century circa 1885-1900.- Gross weight: 67.10 gr.