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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 442260, member: 25&quot;]Starting at the bottom, the Kendal and Dent watch is Swiss made and cased and sold in Britain, probably, Kendal and Dent are well known&nbsp; London makers and retailers. In this case, no making, just importing a routine key wound and set Swiss cylinder escapement ladies watch from the late 19th C.</p><p>If you are buying watches buy a key star, a multi size key, cheap and handy.</p><p><br /></p><p>These lady&#039;s size watches are always cheaper than men&#039;s size watches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the first watch, the dial painting is obviously an afterthought, and any of the speculation could be correct.</p><p>The case appears to have a finger nail lip on the back and in the second picture of the back, it appears to have had the outer back removed to reveal a base metal cuvette or inner cover. Case composition would be on the inside of the outer cover. The inner cover if that is what I am seeing should pop off, there should be a sign of where to insert a case knife.</p><p>Setting the watch is a puzzle. I see no sign of it being pin set and the bezel does not look as if it is lever set so it may simply be broken. Internal investigation by someone competent would be needed. It is unlikely to be so hard to move the stem that you cannot do it so do not try to force it any more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please add any other questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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