~ Gents 9ct Gold J. W. Benson Wristwatch c1956 ~
A handsome 9ct gold manual wind wristwatch by J.W. Benson of London dated for 1956.
The watch has a rounded-square bezel of 9ct gold with a circular dial.
The white coloured dial has Arabic numeral hours, an outer minutes ring and two blued steel hands.
The dial has a subsidiary seconds dial with sweeping hand at the 6 o’clock position.
The dial is named ‘J.W. Benson, London’.
The case back (also of gold) is named and hallmarked for 9ct gold, Birmingham, 1956 with a makers mark of ‘ALD’.
There are two serial numbers ‘12100’ and ‘787871’.
The watch has a 900 calibre, 15 jewel, manual wind movement named ‘JW Benson, London’ and marked ‘Swiss Made’.
The watch comes on a vintage brown leather strap.
~ Dimensions ~
The dial has a diameter of 24mm while the watch measures 27.5mm across the bezel (29.5mm inc. bezel).
The watch and strap have a length of 23cm (9 inches).
It weighs 27.5g.
~ Condition ~
The watch is in a nice pre-owned condition with some light scratching to both the case and crystal, but neither have any major scratches or damage.
The watch is in good working order.
The case back is a little loose but this should not matter when worn.
The strap is rather tired and worn.
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