Can you tell me what the movement has engraved just above the serial number, there are several makers by the same name but in different locations & I can not make out the engraving.
Tom
Posts: 5107 | Location: New Mexico in the USA | Registered: January 27, 2007
John & Tom, thanks for burning the midnight oil. This helps very much. Where can one find this Loomes book & how many volumes are there? Look forward to the hallmarks. Thanks again! Jim
Posts: 273 | Location: New York in the USA | Registered: May 28, 2008
The book is Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World Complete 21st Century Edition by Brian Loomes ISBN 10:0-7198-0330-6. I think I bought mine from Amazon but I see it on ebay all the time as a buy it now.
I also use Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World by the late G.H. Baillie's, supposedly hte Loomes book incorperated the Baillie book but since I had it 1st if I don't find anything in Loomes sometimes I do find it in Baillie's.
Tom
Posts: 5107 | Location: New Mexico in the USA | Registered: January 27, 2007
James, the hallmark on the case is for London 1869, which would tie in with the watchmaker's details in Loomes, he'd very likely be trading then still.
The casemaker's initials, look like 'AF' (incursive), which in my reference is either Ann Fielder who first used the mark in this style from 12 Nov 1849 at 29 Gloucester St, St John St Rd, Then Alfred Fridlander from 13 Oct 1868, at Holyhead Rd, Coventry.
On the face of it, the case may have been made in Coventry and assayed in London, unless Fridlander had a shop in London too but kept the registration on his Coventry address.
If anyone else has any theories on this, feel free to chip in.
Best regards
John.
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