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Pocket watch · Pair-cased verge fusee pocket watch

English silver pair-cased verge fusee pocket watch

Partially verified

This antique English pair-cased pocket watch features a key-wound verge fusee movement with chain drive, housed within a solid silver pair case measuring 53 mm in diameter. The gilt full-plate movement is engraved with serial number 3784 and fitted with polished blued steel screws, a pierced and engraved floral scrollwork balance cock, and a regulator scale marked SLOW and FAST. The source describes a white enamel dial with Roman numerals and key-winding accommodated through a dial aperture.

Full-plate gilt verge fusee movement showing pierced balance cock, blued screws, and regulator scale
Full-plate gilt verge fusee movement showing pierced balance cock, blued screws, and regulator scale — Catawiki. Rights pending — permission not yet requested. Original source

Catalogue identity

Source
www.catawiki.com
Category
Pocket watch · Pair-cased verge fusee pocket watch
Maker / attribution
Not established
Reference
Not recorded
Catalogue / lot identifier
107720205
Source-reported date
late 18th to early 19th century
Country
United Kingdom
Source-reported serial
3784

Source-reported attribution and specifications are not independent authentication. A listing does not establish present ownership, current display, availability or permission to reproduce.

Object description

Construction and Case

This pocket watch features a pair-case design, consisting of an inner and outer silver housing measuring 53 mm in diameter. The outer case contains British silver hallmarks and a maker's mark recorded as HJ / H.G.

The case finish is described as smooth with micro-scratches and light patina, with both cases reported to close securely.

Evidence for this section
  • “Case Material: Solid Silver (Pair Case construction)”
  • “British silver hallmarks stamped inside the outer case back”
  • “Maker's mark: HJ / H.G”
  • “Silver cases close securely; smooth silver finish with micro-scratches and light patina consistent with age.”
  • “Diameter:53mm”

Movement Architecture

The timepiece utilizes a key-wound verge fusee movement with a chain drive. The mechanism features full gilded brass plates and blued steel screws.

Components include a hand-pierced and engraved balance cock with scrollwork and a silvered regulator dial marked SLOW and FAST. The serial number 3784 is engraved on the movement.

Evidence for this section
  • “Key-wound Verge Fusee movement with chain drive”
  • “Full gilded brass plates”
  • “Hand-pierced and hand-engraved scrollwork balance cock”
  • “Blued steel screws”
  • “Silvered regulator dial marked SLOW / FAST”
  • “Serial / Movement Number: 3784”

Dial and Visual Features

The watch is fitted with a white enamel dial featuring black Roman numerals and a minute track. Winding is performed through an aperture on the dial, which shows minor age-related hairlines.

The hands are described as gold-tone steel.

Evidence for this section
  • “White enamel dial with black Roman numerals and minute track”
  • “minor age-appropriate wear/hairlines near the winding aperture”
  • “Classic gold-tone steel hands”

Open research questions

  • Do the hallmark date letters within the outer case definitively align with the late 18th or early 19th-century window?
  • Does the maker's mark HJ / H.G correspond to a recorded case maker active during this period?
  • Is the serial number 3784 associated with a specific English horological workshop?

Source evidence

Recorded claims and source quotations for English silver pair-cased verge fusee pocket watch
FieldSource-reported valueSource quotation
Movement typeKey-wound verge fusee movement with chain drive“Key-wound Verge Fusee movement with chain drive”
Movement number3784“Serial / Movement Number: 3784”
Case materialSolid silver pair case“Case Material: Solid Silver (Pair Case construction)”
Case diameter53 mm“Diameter:53mm”
Weight127 g“Weight:127g”
Case maker's markHJ / H.G“Maker's mark: HJ / H.G”
Weight127 g“Weight:127g”

Visible details

  • Hand-pierced and engraved balance cock with floral motif and scrolling foliage
  • Gilt top plate engraved with serial number 3784 and regulator scale graduated 5 to 25 marked SLOW and FAST
  • Polished blued steel screws securing movement components

Research qualifications

  • No specific watchmaker name is recorded beyond the case maker mark initials HJ / H.G
  • Outer case and dial are partially or not fully visible in the primary movement image

Photograph identity and source facts were screened before import; rights clearance remains pending.

Consulted source

English fuse - vergy savonette - 3784 - Earlier than 1850 - auction online Catawiki

Reviewed 2026-10-25 · Record b85ee0df65

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