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antique waltham pocket watch horse racing 1889

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SA1125706

Antique Waltham Pocket Watch, Horse Racing, 1889

£225    $300    €262
Item Number: SA1125706
Date of manufacture: 1880
Current Status: For sale
Seller: The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
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Description

Antique Waltham pocket watch, horse racing, 1889.
The watch has a Grade 1 seven jewel stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and it has the serial number 4,095,607 which dates it back to 1889.
The watch measures 56mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop, so slightly bigger than a standard 50mm pocket watch. The gold filled case is in lovely condition and has the image of a mounted jockey, the image has rubbed a little over the years.
Although this is a pocket watch, the horse racing image ties in nicely with the Waltham stopwatch expressly designed to be used in horse racing, “Sometime in the winter of 1859, the clockmakers at the American Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts, made a breakthrough. They created the first-ever mass-produced stopwatch – expressly to allow enthusiasts of a sport sweeping the nation – horseracing – to measure just how fast thoroughbreds could get from a start gate to a finish line. Not long after, the Kentucky Derby was born, a race that would in time be known as the most exciting two minutes in sports.”
The glass lens has a couple of short scratches, and a couple of small chips to the bevelled edge.
The signed dial is in lovely condition, with blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and 24 hour numbers inside the Roman numerals.
The watch comes in a new presentation box.
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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.
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Declaration

This item is antique. The date of manufacture has been declared as 1880.


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