Show A GREAT TIMEPIECE A watch that lla atun since nd Is still a good timepiece judge frederick W moore of alie superior court is the possessor of an heirloom in the shape of n watch that no amount of money would buy says the st louis republic and besides its value as an heirloom it has a his interest the timepiece is of the open face bullseye bulls eye pattern As with all old style watches of the pattern mentioned the outer case must be removed before it can be wound the outer case of this watch is of hammered gold and all the work on it was done by liand while this is apparent from the workmanship it is further proved by the date on the inside which is 1754 there is an inscription on the inside as follows daniel de st leu servant to her majesty london her majesty then was the queen of george II 11 the then reigning king of england the history of aliis valuable timepiece is this in the years preceding 1754 william augustus duke of cumberland alie second son of george II 11 was the commander of the british armies in the scottish campaigns ami in the campaigns against the prussians and the russians and when he was at the head of the british hanoverian and danish forces of fifty thousand men dr frederick william a hanoverian was on his staff as surgeon at alie close of the campaign against the prussians and the russians the duke biad three watches made like the one judge moore has and of which it is one the watches were presented to three officers of alie dukes stuff by him as a mark of his esteem one went to dr as a hanoverian one to a british officer and one to a danish officer the presentations were made in 1755 1 after the doctors services had ended in 1757 and the duke had returned to london it was expected he would succeed to the throne but tho birth of a son to hia elder brother cut him out |