A GOLD REPEATER FOB WATCH, BY RYRIE BROS

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CHARLES SEYMOUR WRIGHT (1887-1975)
A GOLD REPEATER FOB WATCH, BY RYRIE BROS
WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION 'PRESENTED BY THE CITIZENS OF TORONTO TO CHARLES S. WRIGHT A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF "1910" JUNE 16^T^H 1913.' ON THE BACK OF THE WATCH, ENGRAVED WITH INITIAL 'W' ON THE BACK OF THE CASE
1¾IN. (4.5CM.) DIAMETER

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

'THE FOLLOWING DAY DEBENHAM AND I CONTINUED ON TO TORONTO WHERE WE STAYED A SHORT TIME WITH MY FATHER, STEP-MOTHER AND HER FAMILY; TWO BOYS, BEN AND NED, AND ONE GIRL, HELEN, ALL AT SCHOOL. WHILE IN TORONTO, THE CITY FATHERS KINDLY PRESENTED ME WITH A VERY FINE GOLD REPEATER WATCH, BUT THE COST OF MAINTENANCE (NEW SPRINGS) WAS SO HIGH THAT I USED MY OLD INGERSOL "DOLLAR WATCH" IN ITS PLACE.' (C. WRIGHT IN HIS MEMOIRS, C. BULL AND P.F. WRIGHT, SILAS. THE ANTARCTIC DIARIES AND MEMOIR OF CHARLES S. WRIGHT, COLUMBUS, 1993, P.371)

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