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16 March 2026
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C.1868, Seem Patent Dial, on a C.1870 rosewood shelf case with a C.1900 Waterbury gingerbread movement (the rear mounting lugs were simply cut off with nippers so the movement could be block mounted)
The dial itself bears the original patent date of 1868, but dealers must have had a few laying around in the 1870's to install for someone who was ins...