As pictured, really a superb 2- tone case in very good condition. It winds, Pin sets and ticks, as expected.Pictured: “The Burlington Special Ladies’ Watches,” c.1911 Burlington Watch Company Catalog.Perret & Fils, Brenets, Pocket Watch 1890s Face Case back Dust cap Makers name Movement Movement closeup Steel stamp MovementServiced Perret & Fils founded in 1854, by the father of the more famous son by the same name.David Perret (the son) was appointed as one of the Swiss members of the jury for the horology section of the.

Savonnette and Lépine Watches and Cases Bears Galore! Three Bears and 0♹35 Silver Borgel 2: Taubert & Fils and Taubert Frères Borgel 1: François Borgel and Louisa Borgel

If you want to identify a trademark, an invaluable resource is Mikrolisk. See Cautions about Hallmark Tables.There is a lot of information on this page and I know it can be difficult to take it all in if you are struggling to understand the hallmarks in your watch case please ask me for help via my contact me page.I don't make any attempt here to cover manufacturer's trademarks. Different date letter punch shapes were often used on items made from gold, and after 1907 sometimes on imported gold and silver items. Make sure that you get a 2014 or later edition, because only those contain correct information about British import hallmarks applied to watch cases.Be aware that most published tables of British hallmark date letters are only for British made sterling silver items. You are then directed to another page with more detailed information.If you want to get a book about British hallmarking, Bradbury's Book of Hallmarks published by the Sheffield Assay Office is a long established reference.

At first this was called the 'assayer's mark' but is now commonly known as the date letter.Because the date letter punches were changed when new wardens were elected each year, which took place part way through the year, hallmark date letters span two calendar years. A system of variable letters, changed each year when new wardens were elected, was introduced to identify when, and therefore by whom, an item had been assayed. In 1478 the first permanent assayer was appointed and items had to be taken to Goldsmiths' Hall to be assayed and marked, the origin of the term 'hallmarking'. At first the wardens of the Goldsmiths' company would visit guild members workshops and stamp their work with the mark of the leopard's head.

It was not until 1961 that the American government mandated that jewellery manufacturers include a mark indicating the maker. American watch cases usually carry the maker's name and trade mark. These are not hallmarks they depend to a large extent on the manufacturer's honesty. Watch cases made in America carry marks stamped by their makers that were not legally mandated or controlled until 1906 when the National Gold and Silver Stamping Act required an accurate purity mark. Swiss watch cases were required to be assayed and hallmarked from 1880 but the identities of Swiss watch case makers are poorly documented before 1925, after that date all Swiss gold watch cases had to be stamped with a mark that identifies the maker.NAWCC Watch & Clock Bulletin article November/December 2014.There has never been a system of hallmarking in America. But please remember that an entry of, for example, '1914' really means 1914 to 1915.Gold and silver watch cases submitted for hallmarking at a British assay office had first to be stamped with a mark identifying the person taking responsibility for the work, using a punch that had been previously registered at the assay office.

British laws on hallmarking were enacted long before watches were even invented! Foreign made watch cases were no more exempt from the law than British made cases, but hallmarking of imported watch cases was not enforced before 1907.

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