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.

Sold

estimated
1.2004.000 €
Price realized
2.900 €