Antique English 3/4 Plate E F Ashley Pocket Watch

A very nice quality antique silver pocket watch by Edward Ashley.

Edward F Ashley (1835-1908) was a very well respected Clerkenwell watch manufacturer who is said to have personally overseen the manufacture of all his watches with some heading the Deck Watch Trials at Greenwich and Kew.

The watch has a 3/4 plate English lever stem-winding movement which is ticking away nicely and the time keeping is good to within around five minutes over 24 hours. The movement is signed E F Ashley, 2 Green Terrace, Clerkenwell and there is also a serial number. The movement is protected by an inner hinged dust cover.

The watch measures 47mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the two back covers for Birmingham 1892, with a maker's mark for Rotherham & Sons, watch case manufacturers who were based in Coventry. The case has one 'ding' to the side but otherwise it is in good condition for its age with just light surface marks.

The watch glass has minor marks but is very acceptable.

The enamel dial is in good condition with blued steel hands (initially set with the pin-set mechanism), a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

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