S. Smith & Son silver lever hunter pocket watch, Chester...

Hammer

£440

S. Smith & Son silver lever hunter pocket watch, Chester 1898, the movement signed S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, London, W.C., Makers to the Admiralty, no. 235.337/14879 and inscribed 'Class A. Certificate, Kew Observatory, Non-Magnetizable', with plain balance cock, diamond endstone, free sprung helical hairspring and bi-metallic compensated balance, hinged cuvette, the dial inscribed 'Magnetic Force Resisting' and numbered 235.337, with Roman numerals, minute track and subsidiary seconds, gilt hands, within a plain case, case maker 'AF', 52mm

More Information

Movement - currently functioning.
Dial - good.
Glass - good.
Hands - good.
Case - light surface marks, small split to the front cover hinge and some mild play in the hinge, the covers close firmly.
Crown - adjusting correctly.
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