18th century gilt metal and tortoiseshell Turkish market tri...

Hammer

£440

18th century gilt metal and tortoiseshell Turkish market triple cased verge pocket watch, the fusee movement signed Markwick, Markham, Perigal, London, no. 21835, with pierced engraved balance cock, flat steel three arm balance, silvered regulating disc and fancy pillars, signed dial with Turkish numerals and minute track, beetle and poker hands, within a plain inner case, engraved middle case and tortoiseshell outer case with pinwork decoration, 56mm

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Movement - currently functioning.
Dial - serval cracks and chip to the centre hole.
Glass - surface marks.
Hands - some surface wear.
Case - inner case rubbed, replacement bow, middle case heavily rubbed, outer case with cracks, loss to the tortoiseshell at the bezel and some pinwork missing - see images.
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