Description:
Silver pocket watch, with gold winder oriented above the number three. Back side is open to expose the workings of the watch. Front has three rings, with four watch hands tinted blue. The inside ring is Roman numerals, with two watch hands terminating in small circles. The middle ring is Arabic numerals 1-60. The outside ring a system of dots and hash marks. The other two hands are long and thin on one side, and terminate in a small circle on the opposite side. There is a small clock face near the number six, marked 1-4, with a small hand. Tag reads: "Old 1/4 split, 1876. Two main springs, Two escape wheels."

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