Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

94 18ct gold open-faced lever watch, Sheffield, 1909 with three colour gold dial, Roman numerals within arched foliate sprays, fleur de lys hands, with three quarter plate nickel lever movement engraved Thos. Savory, 54 Cornhill, London, No 1885, bi-metallic compensation balance, spiral spring and regulator, screwed chatons, gold cuvette and inner covers engraved with case maker’s initials JB, engine-turned back cover, engraved band, diameter 45mm ; and an 18ct gold cased lever watch, with gilt dial, Roman numerals, blued-steel hands, beaded outer track, gilt movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, spiral spring and regulator, gilt cuvette, the front case engraved with initials within a foliate cartouche, the engine-turned front and back cases engraved with borders of flowers, the case No 40153, diameter 35mm (2) R20 000 - 25 000 95 18ct heavy gold cased minute repeating keyless lever watch, Thomas Russell & Son, Chester, 1912 with white enamel dial signed ‘Minute Repeater Thos. Russell & Son Liverpool’ , Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and outer minute track, gold hands, with Swiss nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, blued-steel helical spring and regulator, jewels, screwed chatons, the three- quarter plate engraved Thos Russell & Son, Liverpool, No 201781, repeating slide in the band, the cuvette and inner covers engraved with case maker’s initials TR, plain front and back covers, case No 81, diameter 55mm R20 000 - 30 000 96 18ct gold half hunter lever watch, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London, 1918 with white enamel dial signed ‘Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 112 Regent Street, London W1’ , Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and outer minute track, blued-steel hands, with nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, blued-steel helical spring and regulator, jewels, the three-quarter gilt plate engraved Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, Makers to The Admiralty, 112 Regent Street, No 52350 , the cuvette engraved with the inscription ‘GORDON TRAVERS FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE FATHER, 15th OCTr. 1925’ , cuvette and inner covers engraved with case maker’s initials, plain back cover, the front cover with enamelled Roman numerals, case No 52350, diameter 50mm R15 000 - 20 000 97 18ct heavy rose gold cased minute repeating keyless cylinder watch, circa 1909, retailed Charles Frodsham & Co with white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and outer minute track, blued-steel hands, with nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, blued-steel helical spring and regulator, 35 rubies, screwed chatons, engraved ‘Repetition’ gold cuvette, No 3738, repeating slide in the band, front and back covers engraved with a crest, inner cover engraved with an inscription, ‘Percy Worthington from Daddy, Feb 18-1909’ , case No 31429, diameter 50mm ; velvet-lined case, Charles Frodsham & Co, 17 South Molton St, London R20 000 - 30 000 95 96 97 27