An 18ct gold open-faced pocket watch by Benson

An 18ct gold open-faced pocket watch by Benson, the signed dial with black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, internal presentation inscription dated 1890, London marked for 1880, case 52mm, 122g total

Family tradition holds that it was purchased in 1894 by Connor Magee, Archbishop of York, and given to his son as a 21st birthday present and has been in the same family ever since.