7th Sep, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Jewellery, Watches & Silver

 
Lot 2185
 

2185

An 18ct Gold Open Faced Pocket Watch, signed Reid & Sons, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1914, (Peerless...

An 18ct Gold Open Faced Pocket Watch, signed Reid & Sons, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1914, (Peerless 31457) gilt frosted lever movement stamped S&Co and numbered 610021, enamel dial with Roman numerals, seconds dial, case back with an engraved monogram, cuvette with an egraved presentation inscription, maker's mark CN, London import mark for 1914, numbered 670083, 47mm wide, with Reid & Sons fitted box, together with a 9ct gold double Albert watch chain with T-bar and an attached agate masonic fob see illustration

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £900 - £1,200


 

18.07.19 Case with surface scratches and small dents in parts, back cover with an engraved monogram, cuvette with an engraved presentation inscription ''In memorium presented to A Ernest A Clegg by the Executors of the late Herbert S.Dotchin who was killed in action 3rd September 1916'', dial is clean, hand setting correctly, balance is swinging when shaking the watch, mainspring is slipping when winding the watch, mainspring is broken, movement not working, total watch weight 85.8g, total chain and fob weight 45.6g.

 


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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 7th Sep, 2019

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