102nd Auction

2020/6/29

Lot 342

S. Smith & Son Ltd., Trafalgar Square, London, Movement No. 12514, Case No. 12514, Ref. 142-120, 53 mm, 141 g, circa 1900
An English precision pocket watch with split seconds chronograph and 60 min. counter
Case: silver, gold mountings. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance with gold and platinum regulation screws.
S. Smith & Son
A leading firm in London for high quality and complicated watches at the turn of the century, S. Smith & Son was founded in 1851 by the jeweller and watchmaker Samuel Smith. Nicole Nielsen produced watches for Smith. In addition to the wide range of watches and clocks for private customers, Smith also built reliable chronometers which made the firm a supplier to the Admiralty. Under the management of Herbert S.A. Smith the firm developed into a large manufacturing company that had its own research laboratories; in the next generation Sir Alan Herbert Smith extended the company product range further and began with the production of automobile and aircraft instruments.

Sold

estimated
2.0003.000 €
Price realized
2.300 €