Rare Silver Massey Type 1 by Robert Roskell Liverpool Hallmarked Chester 1821

Rare Silver Massey Type 1 by Robert Roskell Liverpool
 Hallmarked Chester 1821
 
This rare silver key wind pair-case pocket watch with a Massey Type 1 lever by Robert Roskell hallmarked Chester 1821. It comes with a key and has a 15-second subsidiary dial.
 
Dial: The white enamel unsigned dial has Roman numerals and hour markers with outer minute divisions. It has a slight hairline crack by the 11. The dial has blued hands and a subsidiary seconds dial that rotates every 15 seconds at the six. It is collectable one does not find such watches every day.
 
Movement: The movement is a Patent Edward Massey type 1 lever with a 3-armed balance wheel and a 30-tooth escapement with an engraved cock marked ‘Patent’. It has a diamond end stone and a Stop lever at the 7. It has a dust cover over the movement The movement is signed: “Robert Roskell Liverpool” and numbered: 27472. This watch has just come back from the watchmaker. The movement is in great working condition however, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of an antique pocket watch.
 
Case: The watch lies in a key wind silver pair-case open-face case. It has a bull’s-eye glass. The inner side of the case is hallmarked for Chester 1821.

The diagram named Massey – Lever 1 was reproduced by permission of David Penney. Thank you, David.
 
Outer Case Diameter: 55 mm - Weight: 160.2 gr
Hallmarked Chester 1821
 
Please note: to set the time of the watch you need to open the front screw back case and pull out the lever at the one/two and turn the winder to set the correct time.  This method was done specially for the guards travelling on a train for the safety of the people so that they could keep the accurate time. Never pull on the winder as this can break the watch.
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British Museum Biography: Watchmaker. Edward Massey Junior is the inventor and patentee of mechanical logs and sounding machines as well as the inventor and maker of a series of detached lever escapements commonly referred to as 'Massey Levers’.