Ladies Antique Silver Wrist Watch, 1921

Ladies antique silver wrist watch, 1921.

The watch has a Swiss hand-winding movement which is working nicely.

The watch measures 28mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the fixed wire lugs. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the front and back covers, London (import mark), 1921 with a sponsor’s mark for Arthur Rendell.

In 1907, an act came into force which meant that all imported watches had to be assayed in a UK assay office and marked with British import hallmarks. For this, a sponsor's mark was required. In this particular case, Arthur Rendell was an employee, and probably in charge, of the department that handled imported watches at a company called Pringles, the UK's largest wholesalers of jewellery, silverware, clocks and watches, so it was deemed relevant to use his initials.

The case has general surface marking but very acceptable for such an early piece. The front cover has a small central lens surrounded by blue enamel filled Roman numerals.

The front cover hinges open to reveal a glass lens which is in good condition, over a white dial with blue number 12 and blued steel hands including the special half hunter hour hand so that the time can be read when the front cover is closed.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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