The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

A 1920s J W Benson pocket watch.

J W Benson Ltd was the official watchmaker to the Admiralty and the War Department and also held a number of royal warrants, being watchmakers to Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Tsar of Russia and several other royal families.

They were probably London’s most important watch makers and watch retailers of the second half of the 19th and the first half of 20th centuries selling English and Swiss made watches.

This particular watch has a Revue stem-winding movement. This movement is working nicely, with a good strong tick, and the time keeping is good. The movement is signed J W Benson, 15 jewels, Swiss made and it is protected by an inner hinged dust cover.

The watch measures 50.8 mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is 14 ct gold filled made by the Dennison Watch Case Company. The case has light surface marks from use but overall it is in nice condition.

The acrylic lens is in nice condition.

The white enamel dial is signed J.W.Benson, London. The dial is in nice condition.

The watch has its original blued steel hands.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.
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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.

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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.