97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 431

James Swingler, Grantham, Movement No. 7311, 66 mm, 567 g, circa 1811
An extremely heavy pair-cased verge pocket watch made of solid silver with a heavy pocket watch chain (365 mm, 135 g)
Case: outer case - silver. Inner case - silver, case maker punch mark "MA" (possibly workshop of Mary Atkins). Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm steel balance.
This must be the heaviest normal-size pocket watch we ever had at one of our auctions !

Sold

estimated
1.3002.000 €
Price realized
1.500 €