An 18ct gold half hunting cased keyless pocket watch by Sutherland & Horne, No.265022, circa 1876

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An 18ct gold half hunting cased keyless pocket watch by Sutherland & Horne, No.265022, circa 1876
the white enamel dial with Roman chapters (hairline crack by XII), recessed subsidiary seconds at VI, gilt hands, signed and numbered three quarter plate gilt movement, cut bimetallic compensated balance to lever escapement, gold cuvette engraved Presented To JAMES CALDWELL by the emplyees of the Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd on his leaving to take charge of the Mining Department at Deans, June 3rd 1896, polished case with blue Roman chapters, hall marks for Birmingham 1876 -- 1.14/16in. (4.7cm.) dia

來源

James Caldwell passed the watch to Albert Caldwell, a relative, in the early part of the 20th-Century, Albert Caldwell handed the watch to a member of the crew (coxwain?) aboard Titanic to obtain lifeboat seats for his wife, child and self, the crewman's son, Elliott C. Everett, left it to his neighbour on his death

拍品專文

were it not for the detailed inscription on the watch it would be difficult to prove where this watch had been at any given time. However, the strong proof of ownership by the Caldwells and subsequent implied transfer into another, unrelated, family is recorded in the official reports written by the American and British governments after the disaster. The Caldwell family are mentioned twice in the American version: in the list of saved Second Class passengers naming Albert, his wife Sylvia and their son Alden with their address listed as 2 Upper Montague Street, London; and also in the list of Second Class passengers rescued by Carpathia numbered 16-18.