Bidspirit auction | LEO Sterling Silver Open Faced

LEO Sterling Silver Open Faced Key Wind Pocket Watch Birmingham 1894 - An open-faced mechanical pocket watch featuring a white enamel dial with black Roman numeral hour markers, an outer minute track with diamond-shaped indices, and black steel hands including a spade-form hour hand. The dial is printed with LEO above the serial number 8051. The sterling silver case features elaborate floral and foliate engraving to the reverse, surrounding a central vacant shield-shaped cartouche. The interior of the case is hallmarked for Birmingham, 1894, with the lion passant, anchor assay office mark, and lowercase serif date letter u. It bears the serial number 8051 above a letter C, matching the dial. The watch is key-wound and key-set via two apertures in the silver cuvette. Case size: Approximately 45mm to 50mm.