full plate fusee movement with diamond endstone, push pendant activating two hammers on a gong, cuvette with winding aperture and signed 'John Holmes / Strand / LONDON / No.725', matted dial with raised Roman numerals within dot minute markers and serpentine hands, engine-turned case with bold foliate band, pendant and bow, 18 carat gold London hallmarks probably for Horace Gooch, 1818, 5cm diameter; together with a gilt-metal watch chain, terminating in a probably contemporary gold-cased suspension ring and key (for the hands) and an associated winding key (2)

Following his death in 1797, the business of the celebrated clock- and watch-maker, John Holmes, was apparently continued by his son William at 156 Strand, until its purchase by George Yonge in 1816. (https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/1826-silver-open-face-duplex-signed-george-yonge-son.157993/#post-1257554, accessed 06.01.23)