POCKET WATCH COLLECTION
Saturday, 8 - Monday, 17 April 2023
18ct gold hunter chronograph pocket watch by J.W. Benson, number 266755
Current Bid $2,700 (16 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
51mm plain case stamped with Swiss bureaux de contrôle - three heads of Helvetia, (from 1887), the higher standard of 0.755‰ for 18ct gold watch cases exported to the UK. The hinged covers and inner dust cover all with matched numbers to the movement. The cover engraved with monogram WJ. Keyless, 3/4 plate movement signed: 'Swiss Made. Exd. By J. W. Benson, 62 & 64 Ludgate Hill, London. By Warrant to H. M. The Late Queen Victoria. 266755'. 110gm White enamel dial, Roman numerals, minute and seconds indices, Arabic numeral five minute division; sunken subsidiary seconds dial at IX, subs elapsed 60 minutes dial at III, blued steel centre seconds with actuating pusher at XII. Gold hands. In original red Morocco box with red velvet lining. Inside the lid printed in gilt with the watchmaker's address beneath the Royal Warrant Coat of Arms.
