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Ch. F. Tissot & Son 40mm 16J lever set (LS) ladies' pocket watch #75595, handsome nickel bridge movement with a single finger bridge and an unusual layout on the primary plate, ruby jewels and a sunburst damascene design, porcelain enamel dial with roman numerals and a subsidiary seconds register is marked "Ch. F. Tissot & Son Locle", dial has a faint hairline near the edge at 6 o'clock along with some small imperfections around the edge of the dial under the bezel, purple steel moon-style hands, heavy 14k fully engraved hunting case (HC) with an elaborate star & vermicelli pattern engraved deeply across both covers, fancy rectangular monogram shield on one side with the initial "F", faceted star design on the reverse, a thin line of coin edge engraving on each bezel, geometric & vermicelli pattern engraved on the frame and a glass crystal, dust cover has been inscribed "M Ellen Fickett 1890" (or similar) in fancy script, case is showing only very light even wear overall but does have a very stiff case lift spring and latch, this should loosen as the watch is used more but currently you will want to apply a little more pressure than expected to open the front case, measures approx. 42mm in diameter x 60mm in length x 13mm thick. This is an impressively heavy, high quality solid gold watch from the late 1880s in excellent+ condition!

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