W.J.Bassett-Lowke's personal 'calling card' pocket watch.
Lot 88
W.J.Bassett-Lowke's personal 'calling card' pocket watch.
£ 2,000 - 3,000
US$ 2,600 - 3,900

The Marine Sale

22 Mar 2011, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
W.J.Bassett-Lowke's personal 'calling card' pocket watch.
A gold 2in.(5cm)diam. half hunter fob watch case, with the mechanism replaced by a miniature waterline diorama model of the Golden Hinde set on a moulded sea against a painted backdrop.

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Bassett-Lowke Ltd. Managing Director and thence by descent.

    W J Bassett-Lowke set up the famous modelling firm of that name in 1899. It is understood that he wore the fob watch and used it to demonstrate to customers and visitors the quality of workmanship carried out by the Company's workforce.
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