S# 173, nickel half-plate lever escapement movement with winding reserve indicator, key wound and set from rear, with Reed's safety barrel ("Patent Nov. 24, 1857" engraved on mainwheel) and elegantly finished whiplash regulator ("Pat Feb. 5, 1867" engraved on balance cock). The movement has a compensated balance wheel located underneath the center wheel, 15 jewels in screwed-down settings, and simple axial damascening. The unusual exposed stopwork has a 15-toothes star wheel. The Roman numeral dial with sunk seconds has an up-down scale inscribed "G. P. Reed, Boston" on 2 lines at center, and is graced with a set of Howard-style umbrella hands.
