Pocket Watch Case

Gilt pair case watch measuring 51.5 mm in diameter by George Jepson of Melbourne. This is an interesting watch with nice bright gilt plates and fine quality engraved/pierced plates. Not much information that I have found on Mr. George Jepson only that he was in prison in 1811 in Nottingham. The 1811 prison record listed him as a watch/clock maker living in Nottingham originally from Melbourne. This watch was no doubt made before his move to Nottingham so I would guess 1790- early1800. The gilt brass pair cases with little remaining gilt so I polished and it looks great. The verge movement recently serviced and keeping reasonable time for a verge. The Arabic numeral porcelain dial is in excellent condition and became very popular during the end of the 18th century. The gold hands are old and watch has a clean bulls eye crystal. The spring catch activated with the button on the case back is missing the very end piece(latch). The bow is old correct style replacement but in silver not brass. Inside case back has watch paper by “Bunston” of Chard. Bunston was a mid 19th century watchmaker. This is a very attractive late 18th century crown verge pair case fusee watch, recently serviced, includes key. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Auctiva’s Listing Templates improve your auctions in minutes. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. The item “Circa 1790-1800 Gilt Pair Case Verge Fusee by Geo. Jepson, Melbourne, Serviced” is in sale since Thursday, June 23, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “cajunclockmaker” and is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM, AG, AW, BZ, DM, GD, KN, LC, MS, TC, BB, BD, BM, BN, BO, EC, EG, GF, GG, GI, GP, IS, JE, JO, KH, KY, LI, LK, LU, MC, MO, MQ, MV, NI, OM, PE, PK, PY, RE.