
3 4 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 26cm
Description
This 18-carat gold fob watch with key and chain was made by Benjamin Vulliamy (1780-1854) of London. It has a normal minute hand for showing mean time and an additional minute hand for local time. It also has a table inside the back of the case which shows the differences from Greenwich time for a number of English and European cities. Vulliamy was royal clockmaker to King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria. View of watch movement.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10323776
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