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watch expert Alan Midleton holds a watch 'roadshow' in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum -- the man on the right is wearing an original watchmaker's hat
Richard Kevitt Rotherham, painted by David Gee in 1832 (courtesy Herbert Art Gallery & Museum)
John Rotherham, painted by David Gee in 1849 (courtesy Herbert Art Gallery & Museum)
four generations of Rotherhams: John Rotherham the elder, Richard Kevitt Rotherham, John Rotherham the younger, and Hugh Rotherham, c. 1863-64
18th century long-case clock by Sam Vale in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
hand-painted watch face
an unfinished Lancashire movement
miniature of Annie Margaret Player, the grandmother of Mrs Hill, painted by her great-grandfather Thomas Player
the Chapelfields team with Mrs Hill -- the granddaughter of Annie Margaret Player
an 18 size 18ct gold 30 hour Bonniksen Crystal 'up and down' would have cost you £34 5s
Bahne Bonniksen
Samuel Vale, 1788, unknown artist
Bonniksen speedometer

 

a motorbike with a Bonniksen speedometer in the Museum of British Road Transport