Joseph WHITE & Son, Earlsdon, Coventry. No 40176
Good keyless watch in Thoms case by this most capable watch manufacturer.
£1,995.00
Gold openface ‘crystal’ case hallmarked London 1919, casemaker FT (Fred Thoms, Clerkenwell). Keyless going-barrel movement jewelled to the 3rd, the top plate heavily engraved ‘MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY AND THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT’ as is typical of the firm at this date. Single-roller detached lever escapement, compensation balance, balance-spring with overcoil. Off-white enamel dial in perfect condition, blued-steel hands. 49 mm diameter.
The firm of Joseph White & Son ‘Makers to the Admiralty and the Indian Government,’ working in the district of Earlsdon, one of the foremost Coventry watch manufacturers. For more information about Joseph White, see the important article on him by Jeromy Hassell in the December 2003 edition of Antiquarian Horology.
Frederick Thoms, rightly known as the best watch case maker of his day.
A fine gold English watch in good clean condition, showing very few signs of wear and priced to sell. Serviced for its previous owned and working well.
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Gold openface ‘crystal’ case hallmarked London 1919, casemaker FT (Fred Thoms, Clerkenwell). Keyless going-barrel movement jewelled to the 3rd, the top plate heavily engraved ‘MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY AND THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT’ as is typical of the firm at this date. Single-roller detached lever escapement, compensation balance, balance-spring with overcoil. Off-white enamel dial in perfect condition, blued-steel hands. 49 mm diameter.
The firm of Joseph White & Son ‘Makers to the Admiralty and the Indian Government,’ working in the district of Earlsdon, one of the foremost Coventry watch manufacturers. For more information about Joseph White, see the important article on him by Jeromy Hassell in the December 2003 edition of Antiquarian Horology.
Frederick Thoms, rightly known as the best watch case maker of his day.
A fine gold English watch in good clean condition, showing very few signs of wear and priced to sell. Serviced for its previous owned and working well.
