The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Antique silver Stauffer & Co hunter pocket watch.

The watch has a Swiss 15 jewel stem-winding movement, signed with the Stauffer & Co logo, which is working nicely.

Stauffer Son & Co manufactured movements in their Swiss factory in La Chaux de Fonds, known as the Atlas factory. Sales were so good that the Atlas factory struggled to meet the demand so movements were imported from other Swiss manufacturers such as IWC, Eterna and Patek Philippe. 

This particular movement was made in the La Chaux-de-Fonds factory as it has the SS&Co beneath three triangles. This mark was used on Stauffer’s own highest quality movements, known as “third quality” (which, despite how it sounds, was their very best quality). The movement is working nicely and it is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The mark of SS&Co with the three triangles was registered in 1886 and this particular watch would date back to the 1930s.

The watch measures 50.5mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the three covers for Birmingham 1934 together with a case maker’s mark for the Dennison Watch Case Company.

The case is in nice condition with only mild marking and a few small “dings to the back. The front cover has a glass lens surrounded black enamel numeral which are in nice condition. The small lens has some surface scratching from use.

The winding crown pushes in to open the front cover. Inside, there is a glass lens which is in good condition.

The dial is in lovely condition with blued steel hands, including the special half hunter hour hand so that the time can be read when the front cover is closed.

The watch comes in an antique presentation box.

ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE.

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The Vintage Wrist Watch Company operates on a Delivery Duty Unpaid (DDU) basis which means that the international buyer is responsible for any import duties, taxes & customs which may be necessary to release an order from international customs. Tax and import duty varies from country to country so we recommend you check with your local tax office to see if any fees will be payable. If the customer refuses to pay any duty and customs charges and the parcel is returned to sender all shipping and associated charges will be deducted from any refund.

Due to Customs regulations, we are unable to send watches / precious metals to certain countries. If you are unsure about your country’s regulations, please contact us and we can check for you. Any orders from prohibited countries will be refunded, less any Paypal fees which are non-refundable.

All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

We are a VAT registered company and all purchases are covered by Consumer Regulations.

Credit / debit card purchases can be made over the telephone on 01386 750238 or you can proceed via the \'Buy Securely\' button on each listing page.

We are an on-line only business and do not have facilities for callers. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

With regards to appraisals / valuations, we receive a huge number of information requests each day and unfortunately do not have the manpower to deal with them all individually. Our advice would be to contact a local auctioneer for a full appraisal.