£1,500 - £2,000
A good Swiss 18ct quarter repeating crown wind chronograph lever full hunter pocket watch. The white enamel dial with Roman numerals, minute track and outer seconds, blue steel start/stop centre sweep hand, subsidiary dial, the frosted movement with lever escapement and two polished steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs, numbered N979, the case with pushers for the repeat and chronograph at the 12 position, the case stamped 18c, the cuvette stamped 18c 0.755, the cuvette with engraved dedication dated DEC 1895, case front and back with monogram and armorial for the surname 'Coates', 50mm, total weight 118.7g. The monogram 'WHC' is for William Henry Coates (1863-1924). The cuvette is engraved "Presented by the Holden Family to W H Coates Esq MD as a token of gratituder and thanks for his skill and kindness to their mother Dec 1895". Further research provenance with the auctioneers. Lacks winding crown. We have heard the repeat striking the hour.
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