EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION –PERFECT DIAL – WONDERFUL EAGLE AND NEST ENGRAVING ON THE CASE! THIS WATCH IS RUNNING STRONG BUT IS RUNNING ABOUT 5 – 6 MINUTES FAST IN 12 HOURS – IT WILL NEED A GOOD CLEAN AND OIL FOR BETTER TIME KEEPING – SOLD AS IS, RUNNING STRONG BUT RUNNING A LITTLE FAST! PERFECT DIAL, VERY NICE SOLID SILVER CASE, PERFECT GOLD HANDS, EXCELLENT BOW AND BEAUTIFUL LeCOULTRE STYLE BAR EBAUCHE “M. J. TOBIAS” KEY WIND AND KEY SET MOVEMENT! THIS IS A NICE ONE!
LOOK AT THE WONDERFUL ENGRAVING OF AN EAGLE NEXT TO A NEST OF EGGS! THE SOLID SILVER CASE IS FULLY HALLMARKED WITH THE 0.800 FINE SILVER “ARGENT” SHIELD. THE CASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW SMALL DINGS AND LIGHT NORMAL WEAR LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A WATCH THAT IS NEARLY 150 YEARS OLD BUT WELL CARED FOR.
THE M. I. TOBIAS FIRM STARTED IN LIVERPOOL IN 1805. THE “TOBIAS” FAMILY ACTIVELY WERE IN VARIOUS WATCH RELATED BUSINESSES FROM 1805 UNTIL ABOUT 1868. THEY EXPORTED BOTH SWISS AND ENGLISH, FINELY MADE WATCHES TO THE U.S.A. THE WATCHES SIGNED M. J. TOBIAS WERE SWISS MADE, LIKE THIS ONE WHICK WAS LIKEY PURCHASED FROM LeCOULTRE AND CASED AND TIMED BY TOBIAS.
BEAUTIFUL SILVER, KEY WIND, OPEN FACED CASE “M. J. TOBIAS LIVERPOOL DETACHED LEVER 13 JEWELS” SIGNED SWISS, LECOULTRE EBAUCHE BAR LEVER ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH.
IN ABOUT 1875, WHEN THIS WATCH WAS MADE, THEY USED A SOMEWHAT SMALLER MAINSPRING AND THE WATCH IS WOUND BOTH MORNING AND EVENING.
THE SOLID SILVER CASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND THE DIAL IS PERFECT. IT COMES WITH A KEY TO WIND AND SET THE TIME! GOOD LUCK! THIS IS A NICE BIG AMERICAN 18-SIZE POCKET WATCH (55mm in diameter)! THE CASE IS FINE SILVER AND THE DUST COVER IS METAL.
OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE – THIS STYLE OF WATCH WAS VERY POPULAR IN EUROPE FROM ABOUT 1840 UNTIL AROUND 1885. THE WATCH WAS CASED BY “M. J. TOBIAS LIVERPOOL”. THE WATCH IS IN A SOLID SILVER CASE THAT HAS A METAL DUST COVER. BOTH COVERS HAVE THE MATCHING NUMBER OF THE MOVEMENT “46,690”.
THIS ONE WAS MADE AROUND 1875 AND WAS VERY LIKELY MADE BY “LeCOULTRE” AS THEY HAD PERFECTED THE “EBAUCHE” BAR LEVER MOVEMENTS AND THIS IS A NICE HIGH GRADE FULLY JEWELED EXAMPLE! THE BALANCE HAS EXCELLENT POISE AND A STRONG FAST STEADY BEAT. IT HAS A FINE REGULATOR FOR VERY PRECISE TIME REGULATION AND THIS WATCH KEEPS VERY GOOD TIME.
NOTICE THE FLAT STRAIGHT BRIDGES AND THE CURVED BARREL BRIDGE – CLASSIC SWISS EBAUCHE LeCOULTRE BAR STYLE. THE WATCH HAS A CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT WITH DETACHED LEVER AND 13 JEWELS. THIS STYLE OF MOVEMENT WAS POPULAR FROM 1840 UNTIL ABOUT 1885.
THE ORIGINAL DIAL IS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THE WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL EARLY HAND CUT GOLD HANDS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
THE WATCH WINDS SMOOTHLY, SETS PERFECTLY AND IS RUNNING STRONG BUT RUNNING A LITTLE FAST – SOLD AS IS. THE WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL GLASS CRYSTAL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
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