Early 19th Century 15 Jewel Pocket Watch by Joseph Johnson in Full 14k Yellow Gold Case.

Dial: Black Roman numerals on a white enamel face and with a sunken subsidiary dial for the second hand. Face lettered, JOS. JOHNSON 25 CHURCH STREET LIVERPOOL 19 JEWELS.

Case: Marked "B & MC" and numbered: 19674 with the impressed image of an eagle. One side engraved with the image of a town surrounded by flowers, "C" scrolls and scroll work, the other side with a central poesy of flowers and scroll work. Rose gold loop. both case and fob loop test 14k gold.

Movement: Key Wind and Marked Fifteen jewel on face.

Joseph Johnson of Liverpool, England, was a highly respected and successful British master clock, watch and chronometer maker of the late 18th to early 19th centuries (Active 1795 - 1827). He is credited with inventing several design improvements to the pocket watch and watch movement. His watches were commonly used on U.S. railroads, before the establishment of the U.S. watch industry. Biography paraphrased from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Johnson_%28watch_maker%29

PROVENANCE: Property of a former pilot, avid golfer and consummate collector and his wife.

Currently running but missing second hand.