Antique Silver Waltham Bartlett Pocket Watch & Chain

Antique silver Waltham P S Bartlett pocket watch and chain.

The watch has a high grade stem-winding movement, P S Bartlett grade, which is working nicely. The patterned movement has gold jewel settings and a gold starwheel regulator. It is fully signed and the serial number 23,060,918 dates it back to around 1919. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The grade was named after Patten Sargeant Bartlett who was one of the early employees of the Boston Watch Company which went on to become the Waltham Watch Company. He subsequently left Waltham to work for the National Watch Company at Elgin Illinois but eventually returned to Waltham to work as a salesman before opening his own wholesale business.

The watch measures 48mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and is hallmarked for Birmingham 1924, with a case maker's mark for Aaron Dennison, the Dennison Watch Case Company made the majority of cases for Waltham UK.

There is a small discrepancy between the movement date and hallmark but everything suggests the components are original to each other.

The case is in good condition, just a little unevenness to the back but it is gentle.

The watch glass has small marks but nothing too detrimental.

The signed dial is in lovely condition and has blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

The watch comes with a hallmarked silver single chain, 32cm long including the T-bar and the fob. Also attached is a shorter chain with a much later 1961 fob.

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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