A Gents Silver 1917 Wrist Watch

A gents silver 1917 wrist watch.

The watch has a hand-winding movement with 15 jewels which is working nicely.

The watch itself measures 32mm wide excluding the winding crown and 32mm high excluding the fixed wire lugs. The case silver and is hallmarked for London (import mark), 1917 with a sponsor’s mark for Sylvain Dreyfuss who went onto become the importer for Rotary watches. The case is in good condition with just some unevenness to the case back. The back of the watch has a personal inscription to Percy Wood Roney. Mr Roney was born in 1900 so the watch was given to him for his 21st birthday. He was an Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and was mentioned in Dispatches in 1938.

The lens is in good condition.

The white enamel dial has four or five faint hairline cracks but they are not immediately obvious to the naked eye. Blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

The watch has a vintage black leather strap but we could fit a new leather strap if required.

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