Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
18kt Gold Pair-Cased Rack Lever Watch by Litherland & Company, Liverpool, serial #3038, 1803, bell-shaped balance cock, engraved with grotesque mask on the table, serpentine foot inscribed Patent, three wheel train with flat steel balance, the fusee with maintaining power and two-way slides, white enameled dial with black Roman chapters and gilt spade hands with 15-seconds subsidiary dial, 18kt gold case stamped TH (Thomas Helsby) and bearing the Chester hallmark for 1803, overall dia. 54 mm.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
No hairlines on dial but surface scatches, no signifcant repairs, replacements or restoration.