Royal Observatory Working Sir John Bennett Pocket Watch & Original Box
Code: 13697
£585.00 Approx $734, €683.41, £585
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For sale is a Rare And Beautiful Antique Working Sir John Bennett Pocket Watch & Original Leather Box. This beautiful piece has an excellent working movement in which it keeps great time. The leather case is in good condition with the makers name in gold leaf and this states “ manufacturers to the Royal Observatory and the Queen, Sir John Bennett, Ltd watchmakers and Goldsmiths 65 Cheapside London“ this appears again inside the pocket watch case. The pocket watch case is also lined with blue velvet. The pocket watch measure 5cm in diameter and also measures 6.5cm from top to bottom, around the edge is decorated in a beautiful design. Unfortunately the bow has been replaced with a silver plated bow.
Inside the watch case it’s marked 925 (which is sterling silver) and date marks X & Y. This overall is in excellent condition and is an unusual shape due to the thickness only being 7mm.
This watch in particular dates to the early 1910s.
The leather case measures 10.5cm in with x 11cm height x 2.7cm depth.
1920s pocket watch from Sir John Bennett Ltd. John Bennett (1814 – 1897) was one of the most controversial characters in British horology and, in many aspects one of the most advanced. He was educated to become a pastor, but after the death of his father he entered the family antique clock and watch business, which was established by his grandfather in Greenwich. He was one of a small number of British watchmakers who saw the need for modernization of the current methods of manufacturing he employed many machine tools and lectured about them, advocating Swiss production methods and interchangeability of parts, which put him in conflict with many of his colleagues. It was even said that the establishment of the British Horological Institute was designed to protect decent watchmakers from “new brooms” like Bennett. He was probably the first British watchmaker to employ modern methods of business with lavish advertising and with use of political influences. In 1872 he received a knighthood. Bennett took part in many World Exhibits and received many awards and prizes. He became a Maker to the Royal Observatory, to the Admiralty and to the Queen. After his retirement in 1889 the firm became a limited company producing in the Bennett tradition until 1940.
This will be sent via Royal Mail special delivery and dispatched within two working days.
