An Antique Silver Tavannes Watch Co Pocket Watch

An antique silver Tavannes Watch Co pocket watch.

The Tavannes Watch Company was founded in 1891 by a young, talented master watchmaker, Henri-Frédéric Sandoz. It was a very successful company and due to its constant innovation and modernisation, Tavannes Watch Co won the Gold Medal at the Grand Prix de Bruxelles in 1910. In half a century, Tavannes built five factories in Switzerland, and became the fourth largest watch manufacturer in the world, having sold over 30 million watches. At that time they employed over 2,000 skilled watchmakers and produced over 4,000 watches a day.

This particular watch has a key-winding movement which is working well and keeping good time. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover - there are some surface scratches to the inner cover and some unevenness. A winding key is included.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside both of the back covers for London (import mark), 1919 with the initials GS for George Stockwell. From 1 June 1907, Stockwells acted as assay agents, facilitating the import into Britain of foreign gold and silver items, which had to be assayed and hallmarked in a UK assay office before being released for retail. The case has an indentation at the bottom of the bezel and some small indentations to the engine turned detailing on the case back.

The plastic lens is in good condition.

The white enamel dial is in good condition. One of the hands is probably a later replacement.

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