Beschreibung:

• Movement: highly decoratively engraved gilded oval movement, duplex escapement, polished steel five-arm balance, diamond endstone, large decoratively engraved hanging barrel and five wheel train providing long duration, gilt-metal cuvette signed William Anthony London, No. 1898 and with two apertures with corresponding engraved illustrations of a horse pulling a rope indicating the direction of wind and a pair of watch hands beside the off-set handset square • Dial: oval white enamel dial with subsidiary dials of equal size for time, Roman numerals for hours and minutes above subsidiary seconds with Arabic numerals, gold arrow hands for hours and minutes, counter-poised seconds hand, signed Wm Anthony, St John's Square, London • Case: oval case, the back centred with three diamonds and with diamond-set surround, framed by an inner row of pearls and scroll-form gold wire work set with pearls, two outer bands formed of repeated gold triangular motifs heightened with translucent red and opaque red enamel within a light blue border, further outer border of dark blue translucent enamel over engine turning, the bezels each set with two rows of split pearls, the pendant further decorated with split pearls, pusher in pendant to open back, inside case back hallmarked 1797, case numbered 98, case maker's mark IR • Accompaniments: with later custom made green velvet covered presentation case and gilt-metal key signed J Ullmann & Co., Shanghai length including pendant 95mm, width 58mm