Antique Silver Kays “Perfection” Lever Pocket Watch.

Antique silver Kays “Perfection” Lever pocket watch.

William Kay set up Kays of Worcester in 1890. Customers bought items from handbills in a folder and initially the goods on offer were limited to jewellery, watches, clocks and household items. Eventually William’s son Jack took over the running of the business. The company continued to expand and trade successfully, becoming one of Worcester’s largest employers.

The watch has a key-winding movement which is working well. The movement is protected by a fitted cover signed Kays Perfection lever, Swiss made. The movement also has an inner fitted hinged cover signed Kays Perfection patent lever, 15 jewels.

A winding key is included

The watch measures 53mm diameter excluding the stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are Swiss .935 silver marks inside the back covers, the case is also stamped with the Kays mark.

There are a couple of small “dings” to the case, and some unevenness to the case back.

The acrylic lens is in nice condition.

The signed dial is in very nice condition.

The waatch has its original gold hands and blued steel sub second hand.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

Price includes worldwide postage.

ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE (because of GPSR legislation, we no longer post items less than 100 years old to Europe, including Northern Ireland).

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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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