H.L.Brown & Son, London & Sheffield
Description :
Movement: nickel silver half plate, escapement with gold lever, brass ratchet tooth escape wheel, jewelled to the centre, bi-metallic compensation balance, micrometer regulation, diamond endstone, fusee and chain, signed H.L. Brown & Son: London & Sheffield, Watchmakers to the Admiralty, No. 37918 . Dial: Venetian white enamel, bold black Roman numerals, outer minute ring, two recessed subsidiary dials for state of wind indication at 12 and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock, blued steel spade hands, signed H.L Brown & Son, London & Sheffield . Case: plain gold polished covers, gold hand-set button to the band with olivette, a second larger gold pusher to the band engages movement to allow winding, gold pendant and thief-proof bow, the back opening to reveal a hinged plain gold cuvette, covers and cuvette with maker's mark FT London with incuse A above for Fred Thoms and numbered 37918, London hallmarks for 1905 diameter 52 mm
