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Object:Watch with Flamenville dead-beat escapement. London, c.1759


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This watch, signed by Josh Harris, is in a silver pair-case hallmarked 1759. Only the wealthy could afford pocketwatches in the eighteenth century. They were the most intricate mechanical devices made for sale and represented the highest quality of mechanical work then performed.

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