Oct 27 2016
Rare 1884 WALTHAM CHAMPION Key Wind Pocket Watch in COIN SILVER CASE 18s Runs
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Rare 1884 WALTHAM CHAMPION Key Wind Pocket Watch in COIN SILVER CASE 18s – Runs. Sir Joshua Strange Williams was a New Zealand lawyer, politician, Supreme Court judge and university chancellor. Williams was born in London, England in 1837, the eldest son of the late Joshua Williams, Q. Author of treatises on the law relating to real and personal property and other works, by his marriage with Lucy, daughter of William Strange, of Upton. Williams was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B. In 1862, and LL. Williams entered at Lincoln’s Inn in January 1857, and was called to the English Bar in November 1859. Sep 19, 1837 ·. Dec 22, 1915 ·. New Zealand in 1861 on the Derwentwater , moved to. Almost immediately, and in the following year went into partnership with. Then provincial solicitor, an office which he himself subsequently held for several years. Williams sat in the. Representing the Heathcote electorate in 1862 and 1863 and from 1866 to 1871. He was on the provincial executive council in 1863, in 1866, and in 18671868. On 9 July 1873 at the first meeting of the Board of Governors of the. He was voted chairman after. Had declined the role in advance of the meeting. Williams held the chairmanship until 1875, when he moved to Otago. In January 1871 he gave up practice and was land registrar of the Canterbury district until 1872 and Registrar-General of Land for the whole of New Zealand from the latter year until 1875, in which year he was appointed. He was created a. He married first, in 1864, Catherine Helen, daughter of Thomas Sanctuary, of. Sussex; and secondly, in 1877, Amelia Durant, daughter of John Wesley Jago, of Dunedin. February 1884 – April 1884. THE KEY IS INCLUDED WITH THE WATCH. THE CASE MEASURES : 56 MM (NOT INCLUDED THE CROWN) 84. MM (INCLUDED THE CROWN). THE CASE MARKED : NEWPORT COIN # 640488. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL 0,900 SOLID FINE SILVER THREE HINGES CASE. Very heavy weight : 3OZ. With ORNATE ENGRAVED ON FRONT AND BACK ARE VERY NICE – EXTRA SHINY – NO DENT IN EXCELLENT GOOD USED CONDITION – BOTH COVER OPEN AND SNAP TIGHTLY SHUT – ON THE BACK COVER ENGRAVED NAME : JOSHUA WILLIAMS. THE MOVEMENT READS : CHAMPION WALTHAM MASS – SAFETY PINION # 2361518 – THIS IS KEY WIND & KEY SET 11 JEWELS GILT MOVEMENT – THE MOVEMENT IS ALL ORIGINAL , IT HAS BEEN CLEANED, OILED AND ADJUSTED AND RUNNING WELL. THE THICK GLASS CRYSTAL IS CLEAR IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THREE HANDS ARE NICE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WATCH GREAT FOR YOUR COLLECTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST , PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Auctiva’s Listing Templates improve your auctions in minutes. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. The item “Rare 1884 WALTHAM CHAMPION Key Wind Pocket Watch in COIN SILVER CASE 18s Runs” is in sale since Saturday, October 22, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “sangantiques” and is located in Kyle, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Movement: MECHANICAL
- Brand: Waltham Champion
- Country Made: USA
- Age: 1884
- Features: 12-Hour Dial
- Model: 1877
- Serial Number: 2361518
- Case Material: COIN SILVER
- Country of Manufacture: United States
- Closure: Half Hunter
- Number of Jewels: 11 Jewels
- Pocket Watch Size: 18