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Nicole Nielsen & Co. No. 5955 Gehäuse.

A late 19th Century English lever by Nicole Nielsen in a gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. English table roller lever escapement , the lever with slender tail. Screwed in jewelling, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain 18 carat full hunter case, engraved motto on the back cover. Maker's mark "EN" in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement. Signed Nicole Nielsen & Co 14 Soho Square London 5955 Hallmarked London 1899. Diameter 51 mm.

A fine example of a watch by Nicole Nielsen who supplied many high quality firms with watches in the late 19th Century. Interestingly it bears an mistake by the engraver on the back plate which bears the name "Nielson".

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