Rare J.W. Benson Telegraphy Morse Code dial British Military...

Rare J.W. Benson Telegraphy Morse Code dial British Military nickel cased lever pocket watch, signed three-quarter plate 'The Railway Guards Watch' movement, no. B7658, with compensated balance and regulator, hinged cuvette, the signed enamel dial with bold Roman numerals, minute track, subsidiary seconds and additional inner chapter of red lettering A-M representing the hours, with the minutes labelled 'R, S, W, X' in red to the minute track between the hour divisions used by the telegraph operator to transmit the time in Morse Code, blued steel hands, the case back with engraved broad Military arrow, 56mm; within a brown leather case ** From the David Read Collection

Estimate:$530.7

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