A LATE VICTORIAN GOLD PLATED TOP WIND QUARTER REPEATER HUNTER POCKET WATCH

A LATE VICTORIAN GOLD PLATED TOP WIND QUARTER REPEATER HUNTER POCKET WATCH, retailed by Dorey, Lester & Co., the white dial with black Roman numerals enclosing subsidiary seconds dial, with two hammers to a single gong, hinged cuvee engraved with retailer's name and Swiss Made, the outer case engraved 'WF Webb' and a crest, with a slide band operating the repeater (Illustrated) NB William Frederick Webb (1829-1899) was a High Sherrif of Nottingham and a British Army Captain in the 17th Lancers. A big-game hunter (particularly rhinoceros), Webb spent time in Africa, and in 1851 he became ill with fever and the explorer David Livingstone was summoned to assist. Webb purchased Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire in 1861, for £147,000