Gents 9ct Gold Smiths De Luxe Wrist Watch, Austin Motors, 1954

Gents 9ct gold Smiths De Luxe wrist watch, Austin Motors, 1954.

The watch has a 15-jewel hand-winding movement, stamped Made in England, which is working nicely.

The watch measures 31mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs. The case is 9 carat gold and there are hallmarks inside the case back for Birmingham 1954 together with a maker’s mark for the case manufacturer Aaron Dennison. One of the lugs has been professionally re-attached at some stage in its life, and it is nice and secure. The case is in good condition.

The back of the watch has a long service inscription from The Austin Motor Company, awarded in the year of the company’s Golden Jubilee.

The lens is in lovely condition.

The signed dial has darkened a little with age but is in good condition with original hands, a sunken subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute markers.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes in a vintage presentation box from a Worcestershire jeweller, so near to where the watch was made.

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