Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased verge watch, signed Mart...

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Silver and tortoiseshell pair cased verge watch, signed Martineau, London, the champleve silver dial with date aperture similarly signed, 57mm diameter, the outer case later associated


Provenance - The Francis Payne Collection of Pocket Watches

Francis Payne was a successful consulting and mining engineer working out of London offices in the early years of the last Century. His collection was formed mainly between 1910 – 1930, the result of what he considered to be his ‘Favourite Recreation, He developed contacts with various leading retailers and Auction Houses at the time. Several pieces offered here retain original invoices from Louis Desoutter, who also carried out some repairs. There are also interesting original invoices and letters from Breguet and others.
The collection has remained in the Payne family ever since and none of these watches will have been seen on the open market in recent times

More Information

Outer case with various small cracks and abrasions to the tortoiseshell, inner case with signs of repair work around the loop attachment, other dents and wear, dial lacks one thirty minute marker stud between five and six o'clock and another between two and three o'clock, balance swings

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Auction Date: 17th Mar 2020 at 9:30am

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