John Bushman, London,

• gilt full plate movement, winged masked balance cock pierced with the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom and with broad pierced cock foot, signed Jno Bushman London • semi-circular dial with wandering hour aperture, the silver sector with foliate decoration and engraved with three vignettes, a harp, fleur-de-lys and lions, outer arabic minute arc, centre signed Bushman London, below a glazed profile of Queen Anne within a pierced gilt fret • plain inner case, the outer with square hinge, the back centred with engraved monogram with further decoration to the bezel, outer case containing a coloured watch paper of a seated lady • case maker's mark IW for John Willoughby

The Marryat Collection.

Clutton & Daniels, Watches, p.89, colour pl. I fig. J and fig. 134 a-b.

The movement is complete and in going order. Dial in good condition. Inner case bruised. Outer case with rubed engraving. No hallmarks to the case.
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Johannes Buschmann III, was born in 1661 in Augsburg, the son of a renowned clockmaker. He travelled to London in 1690 where he changed his name to John Bushman. In 1692 John became a Freeman in the Clockmakers' Company, and then Court Assistant in 1720.

Makers in this period utilized unusual dial designs, perhaps as a means of attracting new customers.
A similar watch by John Bushman with wandering hour dial can be found in the British Museum, which has a Royal bust depicting King William III. The case is also made by John Willoughby.

David Thompson, The British Museum Watches, 2008, p. 58.
For an explanation of the wandering hour dial, see Watches, p.89-90.