C1900 Pocket Watch, Silver The Express English Lever JG Graves Sheffield. & Key

Solid silver, key-wind lever pocket watch, and ticking away strongly and keeping good time. The watch signed by J G Graves of Sheffield, an Express English Lever. The watch has just been cleaned and overhauled and keeping very good time for a 125 year old pocket watch. This is a beautifully made English key-wound man's pocket watch, dating from ca. 1900, from the late Victorian period.

Dial : White enamel dial with bold black Roman numerals and in bright condition, with small hidden chip with no hairlines. The dial with blue steel spade hands. Diameter is 46 mm and the acrylic crystal is also in excellent condition with faint scratches. Fully signed By J. G Graves, Sheffield, The Express English Lever.

Movement: with a gilt full plate and a Bosely regulator, and blue steel screws. A cut two arm bimetallic balance, with hairspring and lever escapement. The movement overall is of very good quality and keeps very good time. The watch is much brighter and crisp than in these dark photos, which are limited by my camera and lighting equipment. The movement number matching the case.

Case: Solid silver case measures an impressive 53 mm. The front and rear covers are excellent, both are hinged and close nice and tightly. The case with Chester hall-marks and silver sterling marks . The watch of a handy size, and fully engraved all over the case. the rear cover with a cartouche to the Centre and a few ding sand dents to the rear cover as shown. This is a high quality English watch, a work of art in its own right in crisp condition and of jewel like quality. The watch weights 126 grams.