Bidspirit auction | Antique Sterling Silver Open-Face Key-Wind

Antique Sterling Silver Open-Face Key-Wind Pocket Watch Birmingham 1904 - An antique sterling silver open-face pocket watch featuring a white enamel dial with black Roman numeral hour markers, a rail-track outer minute ring, and a sunken sub-seconds dial at the 6 o'clock position. The interior of the case back and cuvette bear several struck marks including the lion passant for sterling silver, the anchor for the Birmingham assay office, and the date letter E for the year 1904. The maker's mark JH within a diamond identifies the case maker as Joseph Hemming. The watch is a manual-wind, key-set, and key-wound model, accessible through a winding arbor on the inner dust cover. Case serial number 12493. Gross weight: 151g.