Pocket Watch: 1930s Silver Kendal & Dent Pocket Watch

The watch has a Moeris calibre 19C stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover. The inner cover is engraved, ‘Presented to C E Moat, from his colleagues at Cannon St, May 1939’. In the 1930s, Cannon Street was a major commercial hub in the City of London home to numerous banks, railway offices, commodity brokers, and trading firms and the Cannon Street Hotel. It may well be that the watch was presented if Mr Moat was leaving to sign up. Records indicate that he was living in London in 1945. The watch measures 47mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is silver and there are hallmarks inside both of the back covers for Birmingham 1938, with a maker’s mark for Aaron Dennison, the English watch case maker. The movement would have been imported from Switzerland, then cased in the UK (often to avoid import duties on precious metals) and then labelled to be sold under the Kendal & Dent name. The case is in good condition, just a couple of small areas of unevenness to the back, not too detrimental at all. The glass lens is in lovely condition. The dial is signed with the name of the original retailer, Kendal & Dent, London, prominent watch and clock retailers, jewellers and goldsmiths. The dial is in lovely condition with original blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute track. The watch comes in a new presentation box. All prices include UK postage (because of GPSR legislation, we no longer post items less than 100 years old to Europe, including Northern Ireland). Please contact us regarding international shipping costs. Some countries do not allow the importation of antiques / watches / precious metals. Please contact us prior to placing an order if you are unsure about your country and we can check this for you. The international buyer is responsible for paying any import duties and taxes. 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. We are a VAT registered company and all purchases are covered by Consumer Regulations. Credit / debit card purchases up to £300 can be made over the telephone on 01386 750238 or you can proceed via the red 'Buy Now' button on each listing page. We are an on-line only business and do not have facilities for callers. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. With regards to appraisals / valuations, we receive a huge number of information requests each day and unfortunately do not have the manpower to deal with them all individually. Our advice would be to contact a local auctioneer for a full appraisal.