Antique Silver Cyma Pocket Watch, Locomotive Interest

Antique silver Cyma pocket watch, locomotive interest.

The watch has a Swiss stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement has been identified as by Cyma. It is all protected by an inner cover.

The watch measures 47mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside the two case backs for London (import mark), 1918, with a sponsor’s mark for George Stockwell. From 1 June 1907, Stockwells acted as assay agents, facilitating the import into Britain of foreign gold and silver items which had to be assayed and hallmarked in a UK assay office before being released for retail. The case is in good condition, just some unevenness to the back. The back of the watch has the elaborately engraved initials.

The glass lens has light marking but is very acceptable.

The dial has an image of a steam locomotive which is in the enamel, not an applied detail. It is in very nice condition with blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute track.

The watch comes with a single silver chain, 35cm long including the T-bar and the clasp. There is also a fob from the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, a major 19th-century UK trade union founded in 1871. The chain weighs 28g plus the fob.

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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