1940 Cortebert Pocket Watch, Winegartens Railway Regulator

1940 Cortebert pocket watch, Winegartens Railway Regulator.

The watch has a 7 jewel Cortebert 534 stem-winding movement which is working nicely. This same movement was supplied as an ebauche to Rolex, including for their military watches.

The watch measures 57mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop so slightly larger than a standard 50mm pocket watch. The case is nickel. The back of the watch is signed Winegartens Railway Regulator with an image of a steam engine to the centre. There is also a personal inscription, ‘Presented to C Lambert’. There is also engraving further down which is difficult to read, it has the date of 1940 and what appears to read, ‘Hert …. Loco’, possibly Hert Hall Loco… "Hertford Hall" was an O-gauge model engineering design for a GWR Hall Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive. The case is in very nice condition.

The watch has a glass lens which has general small marks across it.

The dial is signed with the name of the original retailer, Winegartens, 145 Bishopsgate, London EC2. It is in very nice condition with original blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute markers.

Winegartens was a prestigious London-based jeweller and watch retailer. They traded from the 1930s until the 1990s when they were acquired by the Goldsmiths group. They were renowned for producing their own line of high-quality watches, including "Railway Regulator" pocket watches and various Swiss made wristwatches.

The watch come in a new presentation box.

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