Becka Lickert&Co. lever fusee

[RON in PA]

Any information on Lickert from St. Stephen's Plain, Norwich. The KW/KS watch is a 7 jewel, lever fusee in a silver OF case of apparant 16S marked with the London mark. The dial is silver with gold Roman numerals. The case is marked with an "a" indicating 1856(or possibly 1916, it's confusing).

[RON in PA]

Any information on Lickert from St. Stephen's Plain, Norwich. The KW/KS watch is a 7 jewel, lever fusee in a silver OF case of apparant 16S marked with the London mark. The dial is silver with gold Roman numerals. The case is marked with an "a" indicating 1856(or possibly 1916, it's confusing).

[Oliver Mundy]

Loomes mentions Lickerts in Cambridge, Reading and London between 1837 and 1869, but none in Norwich. Norwich is not so very far from Cambridge, however. I am not getting any results for Becka (or Becker) that seem anywhere near the mark.

I would guess that 1856 is a more likely date than 1916; the manufacture of fusee watches had virtually stopped by the outbreak of the 1914 war, and the type of dial you describe is a typical early-Victorian feature rarely seen after the 1870s.

Oliver Mundy.

[RON in PA]

Thank you Mr. Mundy. It's possible that the first name is Beha, not Becka.

[Frank Menez]

Ron in PA

North Country Clockmakers by C. L. Reid

Lorentz Beha St Stephen Street Norwich Died Nov 25th 1853