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circa 1760, outer cover activated by push button, verso hinged at 9 o'clock with applied (probably) tortoiseshell overlay, centre cover activated by push button, verso hinged at 9 o'clock, plain and polished, the open faced pocket watch with signed white dial, 40mm diameter, black Roman numerals, copper coloured beetle and poker hands and chemin de fer minute track spaced with Arabic indicators, front loading gilt full plate movement, signed GRAHAM LONDON under a signed brass dust cover, pierced and engraved bridged balance cock, verge escapement with chain fusée, silvered regulation and 4 pinned square baluster pillars, inner case, 45mm diameter with stirrup shaped pendant bow and convex crystal, verso plain and polished with winding aperture, inner with untraced maker's mark only, numbered 1236, no further marks, metal tests as silver, 103.4g gross and presented with the winding key

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