E. J. Dent 18k gold keyless wind full hunter pocket watch, London 1861
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
London Hallmark for 1861
This 18k gold full hunter pocket watch was manufactured by E. J. Dent of 33 Cockspur Street, London, featuring a London hallmark for 1861. The watch is powered by a gilt 3/4 plate English lever movement, numbered 23427, which incorporates a cut and compensated bi-metallic balance and a diamond end stone.
The watch features a keyless winding mechanism. Its silvered dial is finely engraved and decorated with applied foliate motifs at the center and border, complemented by black Roman numeral hour markers and a subsidiary seconds dial positioned at 6 o'clock. It is equipped with blued steel spade hands. The case, measuring 48mm in diameter, is decorated with foliate engraving and is signed by the maker on both the dial and movement, with the case back stamped W.S. and numbered 23421.
This elegant Victorian-era timepiece reflects the precision engineering and decorative craftsmanship typical of high-quality mid-19th-century English horology.
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Physical characteristics
- Size
- 48mm
- Material
- 18k gold
Technical characteristics
- Jewel
- Diamond end stone
- Balance
- Cut and compensated bi-metallic
- Winding
- Keyless
- Movement
- Gilt 3/4 plate English lever
- Case number
- 23421
- Movement number
- 23427
Design
- Dial
- Finely engraved silvered with applied foliate decoration
- Hands
- Blued steel spade
- Markers
- Black Roman numerals
- Complications
- Subsidiary seconds
- Case decoration
- Foliate engraved
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- E. J. Dent
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.