Antique Silver Wrist Watch, 1926

Antique silver wrist watch, 1926.

The watch has a good quality Swiss hand-winding movement, 15 jewels, three adjustments, which is working nicely. The movement has been identified as being by Fabrique d'Horlogerie de Fontainemelon, an ebauche (blank movement) manufacturer.

The watch measures 30mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the fixed lugs so it would suit a slimmer wrist. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the case back for Glasgow (import mark), 1926 with a sponsor’s mark for Sylvain Dreyfuss (a watch importer who went on to found Rotary watches). The case is in lovely condition, especially for such an early piece.

The lens is in lovely condition too.

The dial is in good original condition with original blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track. There is some age related darkening to the dial but it is still easy to read the time.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes 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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