ANTIQUE M.J. TOBIAS 18K YELLOW GOLD-CASED KEY-WIND POCKET WATCH, cylinder escapement movement, having an engraved silvered dial featuring landscape view with Roman chapter ring, seconds subsidiary, gilt hour and minute hands, and blued-steel seconds hand, housed in an 18K yellow gold open-face watch case with engine-turned engraving to back, includes a watch key, housed in a presentation case for Welsh & Payne of New York City, NY. Movement unmarked, back of cuvette cover marked "CYLINDER ESCAPPEMENT [sic] / Four holes Jewelled / M. J. Tobias / Liverpool", interior cuvette cover marked "10669 / P", interior case cover marked "33815 / 18K / 10657", stem marked "K18". Total weight including non-gold components: 72.3 grams. Mid 19th century. Dial 48 mm DOA.

Very good overall condition with dial having minor worn spots and tarnishing, case with minor wear, surface scratches, nicks, and minor denting, cuvette cover with losses to silvered finish having areas of scratching; presentation case with lid separated from base, moderate wear and other imperfections. Currently running, but not timed for accuracy (see Catalogue Guarantee).