The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Antique silver Waltham pocket watch and chain.

The watch has a 15-jewel stem-winding movement, grade 420, which is working nicely.The movement has a Breguet hairspring for enhanced precision, a Church 1892 patent regulator and nicely patterned plates with screw-set jewels. The movement is fully signed and the serial number 12,182,244 dates it back to 1903. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the two case backs for Birmingham 1905, with a case maker’s mark for Aaron Dennison. Dennisons was an English case maker, and supplier to Waltham UK. The front and sides of the case are in good condition. The case back has some fairly gentle unevenness.

The watch glass has a couple of little marks but not too detrimental.

The dial has a couple of short hairlines around the subsidiary seconds dial but they are quite faint.

The watch comes with a single silver chain, 35cm long including the T-bar and the clasp. The T-bar is hallmarked for 1909 with a maker’s mark for Booth & Biggs. Each of the links would originally have had the lion silver mark but most have rubbed off over the years.

The watch and chain come in a new presentation box.


ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE.

Please contact us for international shipping prices.

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.