A Rare 1940s Marvin Pocket Watch with Chain

A rare 1940s Marvin pocket watch with chain.

The watch has a very good quality stem-winding movement, calibre 871 with 16 jewels, four adjustments and a Breguet hairspring. It is working nicely.

The watch itself measures 48mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is chrome plated and is in good condition with just light surface marks. The inside of the case back is signed with the Marvin name.

The lens is in good condition.

The dial is where it becomes really special. It has a subtle two tone finish but the surprising thing is that when you look at the subsidiary seconds dial, it is not the hand turning independently, the whole sub seconds dial is rotating… we have seen hundreds of watches over the years but we have never seen this before on any make of pocket watch.

The dial is in good condition with just a few little marks. Blued steel dauphine shaped hands and an outer minute track.

The watch comes with a single chain, 18cm long in total.

The watch and chain will be sent in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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