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Description: | A pair case gold watch on a chatelaine, given by Sir Richard Arkwright to his daughter upon her marriage. The chatelaine has two keys, a seal and two decorative 'bells.'
gold 1/4 dumb repeater with chatelaine; all decorated with transparent blue and white enamel; chatelaine not marked; 2 keys one enameled; seal is bust of man in wig; all blue enamel on engine turned background; enamel on outer damaged at 9 o/clock bezel only; case secret button at 3 o/clock; mark 8 point star over G.M. Lions head, no date letter; inner case marked as above with M (1787); high dome flat centre glass; dial Roman hours, Arabic minutes 5, 10; gold bettle and poker hands; complete chatelaine and watch approx 87 inches long; gilt dust cover with apertures for wind and regulator set and dial (incl pointer) polished steel slide, no marks; movement signed Arl Dobson, London 1794; normal English verge style escapement repeater; fusee and chain, no maintaining power; set up under barrel; fusee chain unhooked; naked pinion; rep steel escapement wheel; flat endstone in blue piece; pierced regulator plate; dial plate bayonet fitting to movement; strikes on gold blocks soldered inside case | Subjects: | Jewellery Timekeeping Domestic Life | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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