1900 Presentation POCKET WATCH STERLING Key Wind Watkins Friendly Society London
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OFFERING A 1900 ENGLISH KEY WIND POCKET WATCH
IN A HALLMARKED STERLING SILVER CASE
SEE VIEWS ABOVE
THIS IS A PRESENTATION CASE:
"Presented
to
Mr. Charles Neaves
By the Members of
The William Watkins
Friendly Society
London
January 1900" THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES WERE SIMILAR TO INSURANCE
COMPANIES TO HELPED PEOPLE OUT WHEN IN NEED THE CASE IS MARKED on the INNER COVER
WITH THE LION MARK IN A RECTANGLE (which means ...Sterling),
THE LONDON CITY MARK (a faint animal face in a shield),
and
AN "E" IN A SHIELD (which is an 1880 London Hallmark)
SO THE WATCH WAS MADE 20 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED
THE CASE IS ALSO MARKED WITH "RJP" IN AN OVAL
THIS IS THE CASE MAKER, ROBERT JOHN PIKE,
WHO REGISTERED THIS MARK IN LONDON IN 1870
ALSO MARKED WITH THE NUMBERS "9 4 8 7 8'AND A FLOATING NUMBER "6" OR "9"
THIS IS A KEY WIND WATCH
WITH A SIZE #4 KEY
THE FACE OF THE WATCH HAS ROMAN NUMERALS
WITH GOLD HANDS
THE CRYSTAL IS FINE WITH NO CRACKS OR SCRATCHES
THANKS TO THE HELP OF A NICE EBAYER, I'VE FIGURED OUT
HOW TO OPEN THE WATCH FACE, AS SHOWN
HOWEVER, I CAN NOT GET THE DUSTCOVER INSIDE TO
OPEN
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SLIDE THE BLUE "C" MECHANISM
INTO THE #2 POSITION, BUT I CAN'T DO IT AND WILL
NOT TRY ANY LONGER
I WILL LEAVE THIS UP TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHATTHEY ARE DOING
THERE IS A SECOND HAND INNER CIRCLE
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FACE THIS DOES NOT WORK BUT DOES WIND THE BACK OF THE CASE HAS TINY ENGINE TURNING SWIRLS
AND A SHIELD THIS BACK DOES NOT WANT TO STAY CLOSED SO THIS NEEDS SOME WORK, BUT IT IS A ONE OF A KIND
PRESENTATION PIECE WORTHY OF BEING RESTORED
THE SIZE OF THE FACE IS 1 1/2" ACROSS
HANGER CIRCLE IN PLACE ON THE STEM
I RECENTLY HAD SOMEONE ASK ME
IF I HAD DONE "ANYTHING" TO THIS WATCH
THIS IS JUST AS I RECEIVED IT
I AM NOT A JEWELER AND WILL NOT FOOL WITH ANYTHINGI DON'T KNOW
SINCE IT DOES NOT RUN I ASSUME IT NEEDS A CLEANING
AND SOME TINKERING
IT WINDS AND DOES NOT UNWIND AS YOU'RE WINDING,
WHICH IT WOULD DO IF IT WERE OVERWOUND
THE GOLD HANDS ARE NICE AND SHINY, AND THE CRYSTAL
IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT
I HAVE NOT EVEN CLEANED THE SILVER, WHICH I WOULD
NORMALLY DO
I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS "AU NATURAL"
BID NOW!BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PALFOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAXWE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!
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IN A HALLMARKED STERLING SILVER CASE
SEE VIEWS ABOVE
THIS IS A PRESENTATION CASE:
"Presented
to
Mr. Charles Neaves
By the Members of
The William Watkins
Friendly Society
London
January 1900" THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES WERE SIMILAR TO INSURANCE
COMPANIES TO HELPED PEOPLE OUT WHEN IN NEED THE CASE IS MARKED on the INNER COVER
WITH THE LION MARK IN A RECTANGLE (which means ...Sterling),
THE LONDON CITY MARK (a faint animal face in a shield),
and
AN "E" IN A SHIELD (which is an 1880 London Hallmark)
SO THE WATCH WAS MADE 20 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED
THE CASE IS ALSO MARKED WITH "RJP" IN AN OVAL
THIS IS THE CASE MAKER, ROBERT JOHN PIKE,
WHO REGISTERED THIS MARK IN LONDON IN 1870
ALSO MARKED WITH THE NUMBERS "9 4 8 7 8'AND A FLOATING NUMBER "6" OR "9"
THIS IS A KEY WIND WATCH
WITH A SIZE #4 KEY
THE FACE OF THE WATCH HAS ROMAN NUMERALS
WITH GOLD HANDS
THE CRYSTAL IS FINE WITH NO CRACKS OR SCRATCHES
THANKS TO THE HELP OF A NICE EBAYER, I'VE FIGURED OUT
HOW TO OPEN THE WATCH FACE, AS SHOWN
HOWEVER, I CAN NOT GET THE DUSTCOVER INSIDE TO
OPEN
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SLIDE THE BLUE "C" MECHANISM
INTO THE #2 POSITION, BUT I CAN'T DO IT AND WILL
NOT TRY ANY LONGER
I WILL LEAVE THIS UP TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHATTHEY ARE DOING
THERE IS A SECOND HAND INNER CIRCLE
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FACE THIS DOES NOT WORK BUT DOES WIND THE BACK OF THE CASE HAS TINY ENGINE TURNING SWIRLS
AND A SHIELD THIS BACK DOES NOT WANT TO STAY CLOSED SO THIS NEEDS SOME WORK, BUT IT IS A ONE OF A KIND
PRESENTATION PIECE WORTHY OF BEING RESTORED
THE SIZE OF THE FACE IS 1 1/2" ACROSS
HANGER CIRCLE IN PLACE ON THE STEM
I RECENTLY HAD SOMEONE ASK ME
IF I HAD DONE "ANYTHING" TO THIS WATCH
THIS IS JUST AS I RECEIVED IT
I AM NOT A JEWELER AND WILL NOT FOOL WITH ANYTHINGI DON'T KNOW
SINCE IT DOES NOT RUN I ASSUME IT NEEDS A CLEANING
AND SOME TINKERING
IT WINDS AND DOES NOT UNWIND AS YOU'RE WINDING,
WHICH IT WOULD DO IF IT WERE OVERWOUND
THE GOLD HANDS ARE NICE AND SHINY, AND THE CRYSTAL
IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT
I HAVE NOT EVEN CLEANED THE SILVER, WHICH I WOULD
NORMALLY DO
I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS "AU NATURAL"
BID NOW!BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PALFOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAXWE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!
00691
