Blockley. A Silver Openface Keyless Lever Deck Watch with Up and Down and Original Wooden Box

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Blockley. A Silver Openface Keyless Lever Deck Watch with Up and Down and Original Wooden Box

SIGNED HERBERT BLOCKLEY, LONDON 2/1440, WITH LONDON DATE MARK FOR 1903

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Blockley. A Silver Openface Keyless Lever Deck Watch with Up and Down and Original Wooden Box
Signed Herbert Blockley, London 2/1440, with London Date Mark for 1903
Gilt-finished three-quarter plate English lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond endstone, wound through the crown or with a key, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer minute track, two sunken subsidiary dials for Up and Down indication and constant seconds, blued steel space hands, set with a key, polished circular case, screw down bezel, protective screw down crown with chain attached to the case, screw back, numbered three tier wooden box with key, dial and movement signed and numbered, case with London hallmarks and date stamp
59mm diam.

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Lot Essay

Water-resistant watches like the present example were often commissioned by The Royal Geographic Society for use on expeditions to places where severe climate conditions would be expected, such as the Arctic. The sealed cases protected the movements against humidity and the cold. Herbert Blockley, associated with J.A. Lund under the firm of Lund & Blockley, was working at Duke Street in London until the 1920s.

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