{"product_id":"english-sterling-silver-pocket-watch-key-wind-sub-seconds-chester-1884","title":"Sterling Silver, Chester-Hallmarked, Gilt Movement, 1884","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsome late Victorian sterling silver pocket watch, Chester hallmarked 1884, with a beautifully engraved gilt movement and decorative balance cock. Winds, sets, and runs well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a solid, quality piece of English watchmaking from 1884. The substantial sterling silver case - 55.5mm across - is hallmarked Chester with the maker's mark of Charles Harris of Coventry, a respected silvercase maker. The engine-turned decoration to the band and large decorative bow are characteristic of quality English watchmaking of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white enamel dial is in excellent order: clean Roman numerals, a neat sub-seconds register at 6 o'clock, and original blued steel hands. The movement is key-wind and key-set - a deliberate choice that continued in quality English watchmaking well into the 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the case and the quality becomes clear: a gilt full-plate movement with an ornately engraved balance cock, decorated with fine scrollwork and a jewelled cock table. This is not a common pocket watch. The movement winds well, sets correctly, and runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inner caseback carries an engraved inscription: \"W. Larkin\" - the name of a previous owner, adding a personal thread of history. A paper label further associates this piece with M G Collingwood of Middlesbrough, a respected watchmaker and jeweller established in 1855 and one of the North East's better-known horological names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA well-made, running Victorian pocket watch with a beautiful movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unsigned (English)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247834485075,"sku":"PW-0046","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/unsigned-english-silver-pocket-watch-1884-front.jpg?v=1783613426","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/english-sterling-silver-pocket-watch-key-wind-sub-seconds-chester-1884","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}