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The other two David Salomons' watches...
As mentioned in the original post there were two other personal watches of Sir David Salomons withdrawn from the Sothey's 2020 sale namely lots 241 and 240 (enclosed).
BENNETT, LONDON | A GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS POCKET CHRONOMETER 1851, NO. 19118. gilded 3/4 plate, spring-detent escapement, compensation balance, spiral spring with overcoil, free-sprung, fusee and chain, signed and numbered Bennett, 65 Cheapside, London. 18ct gold, back engraved with the coat-of-arms of Sir David Salomons, inside case back with inscription, polished gold cuvette, pusher beneath case back at 2 o'clock for engaging hand-setting, case and cuvette hallmarked London 1851, case with maker's mark JCW for Joseph Charles Webb, numbered 26047. The inside case back engraved Sir David Salomons,Bart M.P.ALD [1st Baronet] with dates of birth and death, above the inscription for Return to Sir David Salomons [2nd Baronet] Broomhill Tunbridge Wells.
LE ROY & SON, LONDON | A GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE KEYLESS LEVER CLOCK WATCH, THE BACK ENGRAVED WITH THE ARMS OF SIR DAVID SALOMONS 1891, NO. 2395. three-quarter plate movement, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, diamond end-stone, levers under the band for grande and petite sonnerie, two polished hammers striking on coiled gongs, signed and numbered Le Roy & Son, No. 2395, to the Queen, 57 New Bond Street, London.
Sir David Salomons' Personal Watches (pre-Breguet)
Though usually David Salomons conjures the ghost of Breguet, David Salomons came to Breguet late in life; enclosed are two of David Salomons' personal watches well-before his Breguet days... Leroy & Cie No. 69999 (case) circa 1890, engraved with David Sal...
The other two David Salomons' watches...
As mentioned in the original post there were two other personal watches of Sir David Salomons withdrawn from the Sothey's 2020 sale namely lots 241 and 240 (enclosed). BENNETT, LONDON | A GOLD OPEN-FACED KEYLESS POCKET CHRONOMETER 1851, NO. 19118. gilded ...
Two complicated personal watches of Sir David Salomons...
Two watches belonging to Sir David Salomons and engraved with his coat-of-arms are found in the enclosed book; these watches were not to my knowledge for whatever reason slated for the 2020 Sotheby's sale like the four watches (ultimately withdrawn from t...
