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Lot Essay
With undated Rolex Guarantee addressed to Mr. E.M. Hornby and envelope, official Rolex retailer's cover letter also addressed to Mr. Hornby and letting him know that a chronometer certificate was being provided, as well as Rolex Day-Date product literature and an extra set of gold Rolex hands. Due to a mix up many years ago the paperwork doesn't match the case number of the watch, but is correctly addressed to Mr. Hornby.
The present Day-Date comes directly for sale from a member of Edward Hornby's family and has never been offered in public before.
Edward Hornby
Edward Hornby is best remembered in the horological world as an avid collector of early form watches, superb enamels, automatons and important Breguet watches.
Over thirty years later, the auction of The Edward Hornby Collection of Rare and Important Watches, held in 1978, is still remembered by a following generation of scholars. Mr Hornby discovered the horological world in 1936 when buying his first antique watch, a Breguet.
The present Day-Date comes directly for sale from a member of Edward Hornby's family and has never been offered in public before.
Edward Hornby
Edward Hornby is best remembered in the horological world as an avid collector of early form watches, superb enamels, automatons and important Breguet watches.
Over thirty years later, the auction of The Edward Hornby Collection of Rare and Important Watches, held in 1978, is still remembered by a following generation of scholars. Mr Hornby discovered the horological world in 1936 when buying his first antique watch, a Breguet.