Antique Silver Minerva Pocket Watch, 1924

Antique silver Minerva pocket watch, 1924.

The watch has a good quality stem-winding movement, 17 jewels, four adjustments, which is working nicely. The movement is unsigned but has been identified as by Minerva. There is a screw head missing, the screw stem is still in situ. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the case backs for Birmingham 1924 with a case maker’s mark for the Dennison Watch Case Company. Dennisons was a prolific manufacturer who supplied various watch makers with cases. The case has a couple of little “dings” to the hinged back and another on the bezel but overall the condition is very acceptable.

The watch has a glass lens which is in good condition, just a small chip to the bevelled edge.

The dial is signed Sir John Bennett Ltd, a London retailer and jeweller. The dial is in lovely condition with blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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