J. Hargreaves & Co.

J Hargreaves and Co, Liverpool, A 18 carat gold centre seconds open face... J Hargreaves and Co, Liverpool, A 18 carat gold centre seconds open face lever watch with stop slide, no.45514 , circa 1890, three quarter plate gilt lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, engraved balance cock, enamel dial with sunk centre, roman numerals, outer calibrated for minutes and 300ths of a second, gold hour and minute hands, blued steel seconds hand, polished gold cuvette with winding and setting holes, polished outer case with stop slide in side, dial and movement signed, diameter 55mm Condition Movement with some verdegree, movement not presently functioning but complete and balance is free, balance spring a little deformed, dial with hair cracks to edge and large chip to centre, case with some rubbing and general scuffs, inner cuvette with some distortion, pendent ring missing