Fob Watch and Bow Brooch with an H Monogram, c.1900
This is an antique ladies' fob watch still paired with its matching bow brooch. Dating from around 1895 to 1905, it is a small Swiss pendant watch in the Belle Epoque taste, worn pinned to a lapel or blouse.
The demi-hunter case is gunmetal, blackened steel, set with applied rose-gilt Roman numerals around a central glazed aperture, so the time can be read at a glance without opening the cover. Beneath the cover is a crisp white enamel dial with an outer Arabic minute track and slender rose-gilt hands, the hour hand set with a small rose-cut stone. Behind the movement, the caseback has been deliberately pierced with the letter 'H', an owner's initial.
The movement is a gilt Swiss bar movement with a cylinder escapement, wound by the crown and set via a pin-set pusher. It winds, sets and runs well. It hangs from a matching black and gilt bow brooch.
Honest notes: there is a small enamel chip at the edge beside the VII, which sits hidden beneath the cover in normal wear, and the gunmetal case is unmarked.
