| Show A GREAT TIMEPIECE A watch that lias has run since 1754 and la in still a good timepiece lec 0 judge frederick Frederi dik W moore of the au superior court is the possessor of an heirloom in the shape of a watch that no amount of money would buy says the st SL louis republic and besides its value as an heirloom it has a hia his torie interest the tim timepiece epie is of the open face bullseye bulls eye pattern As with all old style watches of the pattern mentioned the outer case roust must be removed before it can lye be wound the outer ease case of this watch is of hammered gold and all the work on it was done by hand while this is apparent from the workmanship it is further proved by the date on the inside which is 1754 54 there la 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 IL II the then reigning king hing of england the authentic history of this valuable timepiece is this in the years preceding 1754 william augustus duke of cumberland the second son of george IL II was the commander of the british armies in the scottish campaigns and 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 the close of the campaign against the prussians and the russians the dul dule e had three watches made like the one judge moore has and of which it is one the watches were presented to three officers of the dukes staff 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 vim 1755 after the doctor s services ices had ended in 17 1757 57 and the dukehar duke had returned to london it was expected he would succeed to the throne but the birth of a son con to his elder brother ent cot him out |
