ANTIQUE WALTHAM SOLID STERLING SILVER POCKET WATCH BRITISH HALLMARKS CASE AS IS

AMAZING FIND THIS ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH! • I DO NOT HAVE A WINDING KEY FOR IT, SO SOLD IN *UNKNOWN* WORKING OR NOT CONDITION, SO BEST TO ASSUME NOT WORKING! • THE CASE IS DONE IN SOLID STERLING SILVER. THE LION PASSANT ( BRITISH STERLING) IS THE STAMP SHOWS A WALKING LION WITH ITS RIGHT FRONT PAW RAISED.ITS LEGALLY GUARANTEES THE PIECE IS SOLID STERLING SILVER WITH A PURITY OF 92.5% PURE SILVER.THIS MARK HAS BEEN USED BY BRITISH ASSAY OFFICE SINCE 1544. • “AB” IS THE MAKER’S MARK FOR ALFRED BEDFORD,THE LONDON BASED MANAGER OF WALTHAM’S UK OPERATION. ALFRED BEDFORD WAS A KEY FIGURE IN THE UK DISTRIBUTION OF WALTHAM WATCHES. CASES STAMPED WITH HIS MARK WERE TYPICALLY MADE FOR THE BRITISH MARKET. • 1825 MARK IS A SPECIFIC CASE MODEL OR CASE REFERENCE NUMBER THEY USED FOR INVENTORY. • AS YOU CAN SEE FROM PICTURES, THE STERLING SILVER CASE ALONE WEIGHTS 53.6 GRAMS. WITH THE WATCH INSIDE, IT WEIGHTS 111 GRAMS. • I AM NOT A WATCH MAKER OR A WATCH COLLECTOR. I SOURSE AND RE SELL ALL INTERESTING ANTIQUE , VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY ITEMS. I DO HAVE A DEALER, JEWELER & WATCHMAKER I WORK CLOSE WITH TO CHECK EVERYTHING I BUY. THAT SAID, ALL PICTURES ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION, PLEASE LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. I DO NOT HAVE ANY EXTRA PICTURES OR ANY OTHER MEASUREMENTS,BESIDES ONES ALREADY SHOWN. • THIS IS A UNIQUE, RARE, ONE OF A KIND ITEM! THERE ARE MANY ANTIQUE WALTHAM POCKET WATCHES OUT THERE, NONE OF THEM IS HEAVY SOLID STERLING SILVER CASE WITH BRITISH HALLMARKS. • PRICE IS FIRM,NO OFFERS