Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
James Poole 18kt Gold Open Face "Field Watch," London, No. 143346, white porcelain Roman numeral dial signed James Poole/London, sunk seconds and blued-steel hands, guilloche case back hallmarked for gold content and G.A.P. opens to the three-quarter gilt plate stem wind and pin set movement marked James Poole/Ludgate Hill/London, serial number as above and The Field Watch/By Special Warrants to the Queen and the Prince of Wales, bi-metallic balance, diamond endstone and straight bar regulator, dia. 52 mm, 127 g.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Flawless dial and case, movement starts with two wind turns, probably could use lubrication
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James Poole, Wales, LondonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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