102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 332
A collection of 2 gold English pocket watches
Dent "Watchmaker to her late Majesty", 34 Cockspur Street, London, Movement No. 33203, Case No. 33203, 50 mm, 106 g, circa 1911
A gold English pocket watch
Case: 18k rose gold, gold dome with presentation engraving, case maker's punch mark "AS". Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
James Dewar (1842-1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist who invented the Dewar flask – the original thermos flask. He presented his longterm assistant Henry Young with this timepiece on the occation of the 34th anniversary of his own position as a Fullerian professor – a reason as good as any… The Fullerian chairs were established by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
Dent "Watchmaker to her late Majesty", 34 Cockspur Street, London, Movement No. 33203, Case No. 33203, 50 mm, 106 g, circa 1911
A gold English pocket watch
Case: 18k rose gold, gold dome with presentation engraving, case maker's punch mark "AS". Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
James Dewar (1842-1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist who invented the Dewar flask – the original thermos flask. He presented his longterm assistant Henry Young with this timepiece on the occation of the 34th anniversary of his own position as a Fullerian professor – a reason as good as any… The Fullerian chairs were established by John 'Mad Jack' Fuller.
Sold
estimated
1.200—4.000 €
Price realized
2.900 €