English Gusset Or Pocket Watch In Sterling Silver Verge Escapement Signed Rich Francis.

- English pocket or pocket watch in solid silver with double case signed on the Rich Francis movement and a name in Gothic alphabet to identify and number 37719 engraved on the plate. - Hallmarks present on the watch box and the double case, English title hallmark lion passant 925/1000, leopard head hallmark for the city of London, letter K hallmark in Gothic for the year 1845, goldsmith hallmark HWG to be determined , number 72183 engraved on the watch case. - Double casing in solid silver push button for opening the missing casing, slight shock to the casing at noon, stains and scratches inside the casing see photos. - White enamel dial, Roman numerals for the hours, railroad scale for the minutes, blued steel pear hands for the hours, gold for the minutes, curved mineral glass. - Hair on the dial at 11 o'clock see photos. - Movement in gilded brass with finely chiseled and guilloché cock, chain-edged escapement, fusee, cylindrical pillars, blued steel screw, jeweled with a rose-cut diamond in the center of the cock, steel advance and delay hand. - Repair of the bail (welding) see photos, old key provided. - Setting the time in the center of the white enamel dial of the watch, square of the center of the hands with the key by turning clockwise, key winding on the back of the watch case in the direction on the left, a black arrow in Velda marker that can be erased with a slightly damp cloth is present on the watch case so as not to make a mistake when winding on the left. - In perfect working order revised by a watchmaker. - Period 2nd quarter of the 19th century around 1845. - Gross weight of the watch and the double case in solid silver: 130.96 gr.