W. Ehrhardt. A Rare Heavy 18ct Gold Keyless Lever Independent Seconds Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1884

W. Ehrhardt. A Rare Heavy 18ct Gold Keyless Lever Independent Seconds Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1884.The watch weighs 131grms.

Dial: The white enamel numbered Roman Dial with outer minute track subsidiary seconds dial at six o'clock with gold coloured hands and blued steel seconds hand.

Case: The heavy English hallmarked 18ct yellow gold case engine turned to the front and back cover with vacant cartouche to the front cover. The plain inner cover opens to reveal the movement. The cases are Birmingham hallmarked for 1884. The case maker James Roe is recorded working at Barr Street Hockley, Birmingham.

Movement: The rare and interesting three quarter plate keyless lever movement fully jewelled to the centre arbor numbered and signed W. Ehrhardt London. There is a double barrel in the movement which enables the watch to have an independent stop seconds which can be stopped at random without stopping the watch.

This watch was an early form of doctors watch that enabled the doctor to time a pulse. The watch is also rare as most independent second watches were of Swiss design and manufacture.