ROLEX MARCONI WW1 BRITISH MILITARY R. A. M. C. DOCTOR OFFICERS TRENCH WATCH LOT

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN PAST THE DESCRIPTION TO VIEW 18 FURTHER PICTURES OF THIS WATCH AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ROLEX WATCH AND OWNERS POSSESSIONS LOT.

OWNED BY A BRITISH ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICER. SERVING DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHERE TO START REALLY. THE LEATHER STRAP WITH PROTECTIVE. COVER CAN BE OPENED BY UN-THREADING THE LONGER END AND FLIPPING OPEN THE COVER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE WATCH.

THE WINDING CROWN IS ON A LONG STEM AND TUBE, DESIGNED TO PROTRUDE THROUGH THE LEATHER COVER FOR WINDING AND. INSIDE, COVERING THE GLASS AND BEZEL IS A METAL SHRAPNEL GUARD, WHICH IS STITCHED INTO THE STRAP SO IT IS NOT. THE WATCH ITSELF APPEARS TO BE A ROLEX DOCTORS / NURSES WATCH WITH STRAP LUGS ON THE ONE END ONLY. HAVE SEEN THESE BEFORE AND THERE IS ONE FEATURED IN THE JAMES DOWLING ROLEX BOOK. THE WATCH IS ALSO STITCHED INTO.

THE STRAP THROUGH THE LUG END AND IS NOT REMOVABLE, TO REMOVE THE WATCH YOU WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE STRAP OFF. THE SHRAPNEL GUARD CAN BE LIFTED UP AT THE STITCHED ON END TO ACCESS THE WATCH AND THE WATCH ITSELF.

CAN BE LIFTED UP AT THIS END ALSO TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE BACK. THE DOUBLE HINGED BACK OPENS TO REVEAL AN INNER. THE INNER BACK IS STAMPED'R. IN A CARTOUCHE WITH'BREVET' ALONG WITH THE SWISS PATENT SYMBOL OF THE. SERIAL NUMBERED 101259, THE LAST TWO NUMBERS'59' ALSO STAMPED ON THE INSIDE OF THE SHRAPNEL GUARD, SO. CLEARLY THE GUARD WAS MATCHED TO THIS PARTICULAR WATCH. THE MOVEMENT, SIGNED'MARCONI - 15 JEWELS''SWISS-MADE.

APPEARS TO BE RUNNING VERY WELL AND SEEMS TO KEEP QUITE GOOD TIME. THE EXTENDED WINDING STEM / TUBE APPEARS TO. HAVE SOME TYPE OF CLEAR RUBBER PROTECTIVE TUBE FITTED WHICH HAS SPLIT, BUT THIS IS NOT LOOSE AND STILL INTEGRAL TO.

I THINK THAT IT IS SOME TYPE OF SEAL TO PROTECT THE WATCH FROM DUST OR MOISTURE POSSIBLY? CROWN ITSELF IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR AND THE WATCH APPEARS TO WIND AND SET CORRECTLY. MOVEMENT IS THE STANDARD 13 LIGNE SIZE OF THE PERIOD AND THE WATCH ITSELF MEASURES 35mm ACROSS THE BEZEL. IS SIGNED ONLY'BREVET' WITH THE SWISS PATENT CROSS AND HAS THE HEAVY LUMINOUS, PROBABLY RADIUM, FIGURES WITH JUST A. LITTLE LOSS TO THE LUMINOUS AROUND THE NINE AND TEN.

THE RADIUM FILLED HANDS ARE IN GOOD ORDER, WITH NO LOSS TO THE. THE GLASS CRYSTAL IS VERY THICK, IS BEING MINERAL GLASS NOT PLASITC AND HAS NO DAMAGE. NOW ON TO THE OTHER PERSONAL POSSESSIONS IN THE LOT.

FIRST, A VERY LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE. OFFICER IN HIS ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS UNIFORM, THE R. BADGES OF WHICH CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ON THE COLLAR OF.

MEASURING 30cm X 15cm AND MOUNTED ON BOARD BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS'JAMES BACON & SONS. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE' AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS ALSO SIGNED BELOW THE PHOTO IN PENCIL'J. NEXT, THE REMAINS OF AN. OFFICERS SHIRT MADE BY'HARRODS' OF LONDON. THE COLLAR ON THE INSIDE HAS THE'HARRODS LTD' LABEL AND THE OWNERS. THIS APPEARS TO READ'C. 1-1-18' SO I ASSUME THAT THE OWNER OF THE WATCH WAS A CAPTAIN IN 1918 WITH. WHICH WITH SOME RESEARCH MAY WELL IDENTIFY THE OFFICER. THERE IS ALSO A PIECE CUT FROM THE FRONT OF. THE SHIRT, A LONG STRIP WITH AN INTERESTING PIECE OF LEATHER STRAP SPECIALLY STITCHED INTO THE SHIRT. BEEN TO ATTACH THE BUCKLE OF THE WATCH STRAP TO THE SHIRT SO THAT THE WATCH COULD HANG UPSIDE -DOWN FROM IT. SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT SIMILAR DOCTORS/NURSES WATCHES WOULD HANG FROM THEIR UNIFORMS UPSIDE-DOWN, SO THAT THE. WEARER COULD FLIP IT UP TO THE FACE WITH THE HAND AND VIEW THE TIME THE CORRECT WAY UP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE? THAT THE WATCH AND STRAP WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED EITHER IN THIS WAY, WHILST THE DOCTOR WAS. TREATING A PATIENT, OR ALTERNATIVELY BE WORN ON THE WRIST WHILST IN THE FIELD.

REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE SHIRT. THERE ARE LOTS OF MOTH NIPS AND HOLES IN BOTH THE COLLAR AND FRONT STRIP AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE REST OF THE SHIRT. WAS PROBABLY IN VERY POOR CONDITION PREVIOUSLY.

I THINK THAT THE COLLAR AND FRONT PIECE WERE PROBABLY CUT AWAY. FROM THE REST OF THE SHIRT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THESE PIECES. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THE LEATHER ATTACHMENT TO THE SHIRT AND THE UNUSUAL SEAL ON THE STEM TUBE OF THE WATCH. WERE BOTH PERIOD MODIFICATIONS, CARRIED OUT DURING THE DOCTORS TIME SERVING DURING THE WAR WITH HIS UNIT? CASE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF FIRST WORLD WAR HISTORY AND CERTAINLY THE RAREST ROLEX. MARCONI THAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND, I HAVE NOT SEEN A WATCH LIKE IT.

SOME TIME SPENT LOOKING THROUGH THE OFFICERS RECORDS HELD AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AT KEW GARDENS LONDON, THAT IT. WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PUT A NAME TO THE OWNER OF THE WATCH. THIS WATCH AND PER SONAL EFFECTS CAME TO ME AS PART OF AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF EARLY MILITARY TIMEPIECES.

THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING MONTHS, SO PLEASE KEEP LOOKING AT MY FUTURE LISTINGS. PARTS, SPARES, PROJECTS, COMPLETE WATCHES, BOXES AND SHOP WINDOW DISPLAYS ETC. NOT JUST ROLEX, BUT MANY OTHER QUALITY BRANDS, PATEK, OMEGA ETC. SO PLEASE HAVE A LOOK THROUGH MY'OTHER ITEMS' TO SEE THE OTHER PARTS FROM THIS LOT THAT I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. The item "ROLEX MARCONI WW1 BRITISH MILITARY R. DOCTOR OFFICERS TRENCH WATCH LOT" is in sale since Friday, March 25, 2016. This item is in the category "Jewellery & Watches\Watches\Wristwatches". The seller is "sowsears" and is located in HAMPSHIRE. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Brand: ROLEX
Gender: Men's
Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding)
Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920
Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland