Beschreibung:

Three similar gilt brass verge pocket watch movements Various makers, late 18th century Each gilt full plate single fusee verge movement with scroll-pierced stop-iron block and sprung three arm balance, the backplate with foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock and conforming applied infill around the silvered regulation disc, the first with square section baluster pillars and signed J. Benson London, 4514 to backplate (lacking dial); the second also with square section baluster pillars and signed W'm Bonner, Becknam, Kent, No. 45 (lacking dial); the third possibly a Dutch copy with columnar pillars, white enamel Roman numeral dial (lacking hands) and bearing signature J. Gale, London, No. 294, each pillar plate measuring approximately 35mm (1.375ins) diameter, (3). Provenance: The beneficiaries of the Estate of an Italian connoisseur collector of horological artefacts and works of art.