English 9 carat gold open faced lever pocket watch Circa 1927
- Kenmerk
- GF0908
- Diameter
- 51 mm
- Estimate
- € 1.250 - 2.250
- Price sold
- € 1.500
Gold open faced lever watch
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A solid English 9 carat gold keyless wind open faced pocket watch, circa 1927. Gilt lever movement, compensated balance.
White enamel dial, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track, gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds at 6.
A 9 carat gold polished open faced case.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 96 g
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Signed: Limit
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Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd was established in 1905 by Franklin Dennison and his son Major Gilbert Dennison, after acquiring the shares of Alfred Wigley.Over the following 60 years, the company grew to become the largest watch company in England and known around the world for its fine Dennison Quality (DQ). Even with this success, the memory of the great founder was never forgotten, with almost all Dennison products signed with the assay mark ‘A.L.D’.
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Dennison designed and manufactured watch cases for world famous explorers specifically for expeditions – in 1913 for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Expedition to Antartica on the ship ‘Endurance’, and in 1953 for Sir Edmund Hillary and his team’s successful Everest Expedition (image adjacent showing an advert from 1954 published in the HJ). During the same year, Lieut. Commander Lithgow broke the World Air Speed Record flying over Tripoli, reaching a speed of 735.7mph (1184km/h), whilst wearing a Dennison Aquatite cased watch.
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Reference 0006500
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A solid English 9 carat gold keyless wind open faced pocket watch, circa 1927. Gilt lever movement, compensated balance.
White enamel dial, black Roman numerals, black outer minute track, gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds at 6.
A 9 carat gold polished open faced case.
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Diameter: 51 mm
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Weight: 96 g
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Signed: Limit
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Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd was established in 1905 by Franklin Dennison and his son Major Gilbert Dennison, after acquiring the shares of Alfred Wigley.Over the following 60 years, the company grew to become the largest watch company in England and known around the world for its fine Dennison Quality (DQ). Even with this success, the memory of the great founder was never forgotten, with almost all Dennison products signed with the assay mark ‘A.L.D’.
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Dennison designed and manufactured watch cases for world famous explorers specifically for expeditions – in 1913 for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Expedition to Antartica on the ship ‘Endurance’, and in 1953 for Sir Edmund Hillary and his team’s successful Everest Expedition (image adjacent showing an advert from 1954 published in the HJ). During the same year, Lieut. Commander Lithgow broke the World Air Speed Record flying over Tripoli, reaching a speed of 735.7mph (1184km/h), whilst wearing a Dennison Aquatite cased watch.
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Reference 0006500
Signed: Limit
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