Scottish gold half hunting cased key wind watch Circa 1876
- Kenmerk
- BB1132
- Diameter
- 46 mm
- Estimate
- € 2.750 - 5.000
- Price sold
- € 1.950
Gold lever pocket watch
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A Scottish 18 carat gold half hunting cased key wind pocket watch made by James Ritchie & Son in Edinburgh, London Hallmarked for 1876. The gilt ¾ plate movement with an English lever escapement and plain three arm balance. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel double spade hands. The polished hinged case with a blue Roman numeral chapter on the front. Dial numbered, movement signed and numbered, case stamped HB.
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A Scottish 18 carat gold half hunting cased key wind pocket watch made by James Ritchie & Son in Edinburgh, London Hallmarked for 1876. The gilt ¾ plate movement with an English lever escapement and plain three arm balance. White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, an outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock and blued steel double spade hands. The polished hinged case with a blue Roman numeral chapter on the front. Dial numbered, movement signed and numbered, case stamped HB.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: James Ritchie & Son Edinburgh
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James Ritchie & Son is a firm of clockmakers in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. The company was founded in 1809 and is Scotland’s oldest turret clock manufacturer.
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The firm produces and maintains all sorts of clocks. It is contracted to wind, set, repair and clean many of the public clocks in Edinburgh and, since 2015, has converted many of the city’s clock windings to automatic mechanisms.
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In 1809, the company was established by James Ritchie at 29 Leith Street. In 1819, he acquired the business of another Edinburgh clockmaker, Joseph Durward, and by 1836, the company name had changed to James Ritchie & Son. James died in 1849 and was succeeded by his son Frederick James Ritchie (1828-1906), who continued to manage the business.
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The firm was a recipient of the clockmaking Reid Auld prize on several occasions.
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In 1906, the company passed to Frederick II, son of Frederick James and his descendants, but suffered from financial difficulties in the coming decades. In 1953, the Leith Street premises were sold, and the last remaining Ritchie, Leone, retired, passing control to his nephew, Robert Mitchell, who moved the firm to Broughton Street, where it was subsequently purchased by an earlier apprentice of Mitchell’s, Frank Pritchard.
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In 2003, the firm relocated to Broxburn in West Lothian. In 2013, it was acquired by the English clockmakers Smith of Derby but continues to operate under its own name as a subsidiary.
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Signed: James Ritchie & Son Edinburgh
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James Ritchie & Son is a firm of clockmakers in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. The company was founded in 1809 and is Scotland’s oldest turret clock manufacturer.
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The firm produces and maintains all sorts of clocks. It is contracted to wind, set, repair and clean many of the public clocks in Edinburgh and, since 2015, has converted many of the city’s clock windings to automatic mechanisms.
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In 1809, the company was established by James Ritchie at 29 Leith Street. In 1819, he acquired the business of another Edinburgh clockmaker, Joseph Durward, and by 1836, the company name had changed to James Ritchie & Son. James died in 1849 and was succeeded by his son Frederick James Ritchie (1828-1906), who continued to manage the business.
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The firm was a recipient of the clockmaking Reid Auld prize on several occasions.
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In 1906, the company passed to Frederick II, son of Frederick James and his descendants, but suffered from financial difficulties in the coming decades. In 1953, the Leith Street premises were sold, and the last remaining Ritchie, Leone, retired, passing control to his nephew, Robert Mitchell, who moved the firm to Broughton Street, where it was subsequently purchased by an earlier apprentice of Mitchell’s, Frank Pritchard.
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In 2003, the firm relocated to Broxburn in West Lothian. In 2013, it was acquired by the English clockmakers Smith of Derby but continues to operate under its own name as a subsidiary.
Signed: James Ritchie & Son Edinburgh
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