Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 253

Dent, Watchmaker to The King & Queen, 34, Cockspur Street, London, No. 33757. London hallmarks for 1911. Very fine, half-hunting cased 18K gold keyless pocket watch with chronograph and register. Accompanied by an 18K gold and platinum long chain and a gold and hardstone set seal.

CHF 6,000 - 9,000

EUR 4,000 - 6,000 / USD 5,000 - 7,500

Sold: CHF 8,625

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, hinged and sprung front cover with blue enamel Roman chapter ring, thief-proof swivel bow. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric fifths of a second track, Arabic five minute / seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds at 9, 60-minute recording dial at 3. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 44 mm (19 1/2???), frosted gilt half-plate, spring barrel, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator, Nicole Nielsen chronograph work mounted on the backplate activated by a button in the band. Dial and movement signed. Casemaker?s mark RN. Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dent A celebrated watchmaking dynasty founded by Edward John Dent (1790-1853), known for high quality watches, clocks, chronometers and regulators. After starting life as a tallow chandler, Edward John Dent switched to watchmaking. From 1815 to 1829, he was employed by the Vulliamys and the Barrauds. In 1830 he entered into a partnership with J. R. Arnold. In 1840 he set up on his own account at 33 Cockspur Street, London. He was the builder of ?Big Ben?, the famous Westminster clock. He made many fine chronometers and watches as well as others of a high commercial grade. The firm continued until relatively recently at 41 Pall Mall, London, as E. Dent & Co. Ltd.