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AN 18ct. GOLD HALF HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH signed Dent, 33, Cockspur St., London, No.29839, 1895.
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more Formerly The Property of Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale K.G. (1857-1944)
AN 18ct. GOLD HALF HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH signed Dent, 33, Cockspur St., London, No.29839, 1895.

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AN 18ct. GOLD HALF HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH signed Dent, 33, Cockspur St., London, No.29839, 1895.
signed and numbered three quarter plate frosted gilt movement with Nicole patent keyless winding and hand setting, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel spiral spring with overcoil, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary constant seconds and 60-minute recording dial, blued steel hands, polished case (no.29839) with large blue Arabic numerals and magnifying crystal to the front cover, the snap on back cover with a polychrome enamel coronet and inscribed "EARL OF LONSDALE" in blue enamel, London marks for 1895, casemaker's initials EN, chronograph button in the band, diameter 52mm.
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Lot Essay

Hugh Cecil Lowther (1857-1944) was a noted sportsman, considered by some to be of world class as a boxer. He is remembered today for the Lonsdale belts which he donated to the National Sporting Club. In his own time, he was nationally renowned for his sartorial elegance, his side whiskers, nine inch cigars and gardenia buttonholes. His clothes were reputedly all woven wool from the sheep which grazed on the fells near Lowther Castle.

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