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A good early 20th century keyless lever centre seconds deckwatch with mahogany box W.J. Johnson, Coventry No.343042
23 November 2004, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £740.90 inc. premium
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W.J. Johnson, Coventry No.343042
signed and numbered gilt full plate movement with engraved Ordnance arrow, cut and compensated bimetallic balance and jewelled centre, white enamel Roman dial with outer track to a fifth of a second, in a polished silver case hallmarked for London 1914, casemakers mark for Rotherham and Sons; contained in the original mahogany deck box with signed ivory plaque and glazed aperture, set to the inside with a card "Issued from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich" the watch 51mm. diameter, the box 92mm wide
signed and numbered gilt full plate movement with engraved Ordnance arrow, cut and compensated bimetallic balance and jewelled centre, white enamel Roman dial with outer track to a fifth of a second, in a polished silver case hallmarked for London 1914, casemakers mark for Rotherham and Sons; contained in the original mahogany deck box with signed ivory plaque and glazed aperture, set to the inside with a card "Issued from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich" the watch 51mm. diameter, the box 92mm wide
Footnotes
This watch is sold with a form entitled 'Naval Message' with handwritten pencil notes indicating that on 28th January 1937 the watch was tested and found to be 30 and 3/5 seconds fast.