English 18K gold quarter repeating chronograph Circa 1900
- Kenmerk
- BB1025
- Diameter
- 55 mm
- Estimate
- € 7.500 - 12.500
- Price sold
- € 4.000
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An English 18 carat gold half hunting cased quarter repeating keyless chronograph pocket watch made by the Goldsmiths Company in London, circa 1900. The Swiss gilt full plate movement with a lever escapement, two arm balance and engraved balance bridge. White enamel dial with Roman hours, an outer minute and fifth of a second track, outermost Arabic five minute numerals, a 30 minute register at 12 o’clock, subsidiary seconds at 6 and blued steel spade hands. The plain hinged case with a repeat slide in the band at 6 o’clock. Case numbered, movement signed and numbered.
Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 176 g
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Signed: Goldsmiths Company 112 Regent Street London
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The Goldsmiths Company in London, formally called the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, was founded by William Gibson and John L. Langman in 1880. They were a very large retailer of jewellery, silverware and offered a range of proprietary made watches, clocks and chronometers.
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After being absorbed in 1893 by a similarly named company, the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company became a limited entity in 1898. The fortune of the company waned in the post World War II years and was absorbed a second time in 1952 by the famous jeweller Garrard & Co.
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Throughout the late 1800s to the first half of the 20th century, the company had their manufacture in the heart of London’s premier watchmaking district on Newcastle Place in Clerkenwell. This accounts for the exceedingly high quality watches that are always evidenced by this firm. They signed their watches with ‘Goldsmiths Company.’
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