1939 Silver Recta Pocket Watch

1939 silver Recta pocket watch.

The watch has a 15-jewel Swiss stem-winding movement, signed Recta, which is working nicely.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the case back for Birmingham 1939 with a case maker’s mark for the Birmingham based factory of Dennison Watch Case Company, a prolific manufacturer of cases for various watch makers.

The case is in very nice condition and the case back has a long service inscription which reads, ‘Presented to J Farrington by his fellow workmates LM&S Rly, Curzon St Stn, on retirement, Feb 1940’. Birmingham Curzon Street railway station was in central Birmingham, England. It opened in 1838 but closed to passengers in 1893 although it remained open for goods until 1966.

The watch glass is in lovely condition, as is the dial with blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

The watch comes with a white metal chain, 23cm long including the T-bar and the clasp.

The watch and chain come 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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