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Object:Bezel wind wristwatch, c.1880


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The early Bezel wind wristwatch is in effect a pocketwatch with a strap.
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Gold pocketwatch and chain, c.1768
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Cylinder watch by Ellicott. London, c.1773
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Pocketwatch belonging to J. C. Lettsom, 1774-1802
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Verge watch in silver inner case, by Jas Shearwood, London, c.1759
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Verge watch with fusee. French, mid-eighteenth century
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