Antique Swiss Pendant Solid Gold 18k Pocket Watch From Louis Weill In 1911 !!!!

Description: SMALL BEAUTIFUL PENDANT SWISS POCKET SOLID GOLD 18 CARATS FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET IN MINT WORKING CONDITION!!! CASE Yellow Gold color case SOLID 18k GOLD In very good antique condition 'not visible scratches' Beautiful carved, simple design with flowers and in the center a new frame in the shape of a shield that you can carve your initials! Numbered: 42482 and has the initials LW belonging to LOUIS WEILL. This LW mark was entered by Louis Weill at the London Assay Office with two punches on 23 January 1907. The case has all the hallmarks that proof the material and the origin of the watch ! it also has a special mark on the bow that proof that it was imported to England from Switzerland and the carats of gold are amazing!!! DIAL White color dial, clean, no scratches or hair lines in mint condition. Black Arabic numerals and extra heavy spade style hands! MOVEMENT Original swiss movement, in very good working condition!!! MEASURE Case diameter: 26.5 mm Thickness: 6.8 mm Weight: 16 grams **SHIPPING BY DHL EXPRESS HOME DELIVERY** Louis Weill had been involved in importing watches from Switzerland for a long time and, like the Dimier Brothers mentioned above, he clearly had realised that the outcome of the case of Goldsmiths vs. Wyatt, which resulted in an Appeal Court judgement in November 1906 that all imported gold and silver watch cases should be assayed and hallmarked in a British assay office, meant that he had to be ready to send imported watch cases for assay. The law wasn't actually brought into effect until 1 June 1907, but by registering two punches in January, Weill was ready for it. A third punch with the same mark was registered on 19 January 1914. Louis Weill was born in 1844 in Bavaria, Germany. The 1871 London census shows him aged 27 living as a lodger in a house in Brixton with two other German men, Jacob Carlebach, 24 and Joseph Carlebach, 29, described as a cotton broker. All three are naturalised British subjects. Weill's occupation is given as member of stock exchange. The 1881 census records Weil as a watch manufacturer and importer, age 37, with his wife Babette, age 28, also born in Bavaria and a naturalised British subject. There does not appear to be a British record of the marriage and it is most likely that Louis and Babette were married in their native Bavaria. The 1911 census shows that they had been married 40 years, so they must married in 1871, when Louis was 27 and Babette 18. It appears that having come to England to set up as a trader of some sort, Weill has got into the watch import trade. An advert by Weill & Co. in the Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith in October 1891 says that Weill & Co. was established in 1863, which must be about the date Louis Weill came to England - he would have been 19. The 1871 London census showing him as a member of stock exchange indicates that he was a trader and speculator, and no doubt he discovered the profitable trade of import/export.

Price: 499 USD

Location: Nicosia

End Time: 2024-11-06T12:16:09.000Z

Shipping Cost: 36 USD