A very fine, large and heavy 18ct gold open-faced keyless fusee one-minute tourbillon watch with up-and-down and Guillaume balance, awarded Especially good 93 Marks in Class ‘A’ at the 1917-1918 Kew/Teddington Trials with original brass bound mahogany deck box | Hallmarked 1920-21 | No. 302-17
S. Smith & Son Ltd.
· Nicole Nielsen gilded ⅔ plate movement engraved Class A, 93.0 marks, Especially Good , the tourbillon carriage mounted with lever escapement, double roller, Nicole Nielsen type 1 carriage, fusee and chain, Guillaume balance with ruby endstone, blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, signed S. Smith & Son Ltd. Trafalgar Square, London, no. 302-17, makers to the Admiralty and to the Indian Government, barrel cap engraved with Order of the Garter and Admiralty crests · Silvered dial, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, two recessed subsidiary dials for up-and-down indication and constant seconds, blued steel spade hands, numbered 302-17 · 18ct gold case, stepped rounded bezels, large pusher beside crown for engaging winding, small pusher and olivette for hand-setting, gold cuvette with presentation inscription reading: ‘Purchased with Prize Money Awarded to Arthur Douglas Cowburn for Service at Sea During the Great War 1914-18’, inside case back with London hallmarks for 1920-21, cuvette and inside back with ‘SS’ Smith & Son punch mark and numbered 302-17, thief-proof bow, ‘ FT’ Fred Thoms maker’s mark to pendant, the bow, pendant and interior bezel to case back with 18ct hallmarks diameter 64.5mm Accompanied by the original fitted mahogany box with brass corners, glazed and hinged inner protective cover, sprung wooden cradle watch support, interior of the hinged lid with purple velvet lining
