The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Antique Hefik ‘Bird in Ring’ silver wrist watch,

The watch has a Swiss hand-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is signed Bird in Ring, a name registered by Fritz Kundert of the Hefik Watch. The Hefik factory was in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland and the company also had an office in Handsworth, Birmingham, UK.

The watch measures 31mm diameter excluding the later winding crown and the fixed wire lugs (it would suit a man with a slimmer wrist, or it would work well as a lady’s watch). The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the hinged case back for London 1909, with an importer’s mark for George Stockwell. From 1 June 1907, Stockwells acted as assay agents, facilitating the import into Britain of foreign gold and silver items which had to be assayed and hallmarked in a UK assay office before being released for retail.

The case is in good condition, a couple of small marks to the bezel and slight unevenness to the case back, nothing serious at all.

The lens is in lovely condition.

The dial looks good to the naked eye… if viewed through a magnifying loupe, there is a faint hairline running across the subsidiary seconds dial.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE (excluding Northern Ireland).

Please contact us before placing international orders so that we can advise of shipping prices and to see if customs regulations allow us to post watches to your country.

The international buyer is responsible for paying any import duties and taxes.

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.