Boxed 1918 Silver Syren Half Hunter Pocket Watch

Boxed 1918 silver Syren half hunter pocket watch.

The watch has a Swiss stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is signed Syren, one of the names used by Record which was founded in 1903 in Tramelan, Switzerland.  Longines acquired Record in 1961 but, as with so many mechanical watch factories, the company did not survive the quartz crisis. The movement in this particular watch is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch itself measures 51mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the three covers for London (import mark), 1918. There are a few little “dings” but not too bad. The engine turned detail to the front and back is still nice and crisp. The front cover has a small lens surrounded by blue enamel filled Roman numerals.

The watch glass is in good condition on the whole, just a small nibble to the very edge.

The white enamel dial has a faint hairline running from the centre towards number 8 but otherwise is in lovely condition. Blued steel hands, including the special half hunter hour hand, a subsidiary seconds dial outer minute track.

The watch comes in a vintage Mappin & Webb presentation box, tatty but still good to have.

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