Antique Silver Errington Pocket Watch for H Samuel

Antique silver Charles Errington pocket watch for H Samuel, 1903.

The watch has a stem-winding movement by the Coventry watch maker Charles Errington. The movement is working nicely and it is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The Errington Watch Company was set up in the 1880s and subsequently bought by H Williamson around 1896. Charles Errington continued to work for the business until his retirement in 1910.

The watch measures 49mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside both of the case backs for Birmingham 1903 with the maker's mark for Charles Errington. The case is in lovely condition. The hinged case back has engine turned detail and a central vacant cartouche.

The watch glass has a few small marks, nothing serious at all.

The dial is signed H Samuel, Manchester – they would have been the original retailer of the watch. The watch has blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

In 1862 when Harriet Samuel took over her father-in-law's clock-making business in Liverpool, she renamed the business H Samuel and moved the business to Manchester's Market Street where she ran the company as a mail order business.

Later on, Harriet’s son concentrated on the retail side of the business, and the first H Samuel retail store opened in Preston in 1890, closely followed by branches in Rochdale and throughout Lancashire. Since then the company has become nationwide with branches in many British High Streets today.

The watch comes with a single silver chain, 37cm long including the T-bar and the clasp. The hallmark on the T-bar is a little difficult to read but probably 1884. The lion passant mark is on each of the links. The chain weighs 34g.

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

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