George Johnson, London

Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced balance cock engraved with foliage, an urn at the neck, Turkish numeral regulation plate, crested Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, signed and numbered Geoe. Johnson, London, 7584
Dial: white enamel, Turkish numerals, outer minute ring with Turkish figures, gold beetle and poker hands, signed George Johnson, London
Cases: plain silver inner and mid cases • outer shagreen protective case with piqué decoration, inner and mid cases hallmarked 1798 and with maker's mark WL incuse with stag above for William Linsley

Phillips London, 26th September 1995, lot 73

Terence Camerer Cuss, The English Watch 1585-1970, 2009, p. 318, pl. 199

Movement juts running for short periods of time, would benefit from a clean and service. Dial appears to be in good overall condition. Plain cases with light scuffs, slight depression to band of innermost case. Some piqué lacking to bezels of outer shagreen case.
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A handsome triple cased watch made for the Turkish market, the outer case is unusually made of green-dyed ray skin, rather than the more traditional tortoiseshell covering. Interestingly, the movement pillars are crested Egyptian in design, such as one might expect to find at the beginning of the century, though very much smaller in size.