ROSKELL, MINUTE REPEATING WITH
INDEPENDANT CENTER-SECONDS GOLD
Rob Roskell, Liverpool, No. 65108. Made circa 1870.
Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, hunting
cased, keyless 18K gold pocket watch with
independent center-seconds.
Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished. Hinged gold
cuvette.
White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer
minute track. Blued steel hands.
40 mm., frosted gilt, lateral lever escapement, cut
bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature
and mean time adjustment screws, Breguet
balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs
activated by a slide in the band.
Case, dial and Movement.