LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Issue Pocket Watch. 1920s

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Issue Pocket Watch. 1920s

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Original, London & North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) issue pocket watch, manufactured by the Swiss company Cortebert and dating from the 1920s.

Large, solid nickel case with screw down back and bezel. Case back stamped, "L.N.E.R.", "Ex. B.R." (Ex. British Railways - *see note below) and engraved with the issue number, "1064". Bezel fitted with an acrylic UB glass. Case diameter (not including pendant) : 57.5mm. Case condition : 85%.

White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds. Black Roman numerals and blue steel hands. Dial condition : 85% (a couple of small chips on very edge of dial which have been filled).

Nice quality, nickel plated, 19 ligne,15 jewel movement. Positively identified as being manufactured by Cortebert (calibre 534). Movement condition (appearance) : 90%. Recently serviced. Time keeping : good.

The London & North Eastern Railway was formed during the railway 'Grouping Act' in 1923 and ceased to exist in 1948 when it merged with the three other main British railway companies (Great Western Railway, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, and Southern Railway) to form "British Railways" (B.R.).

* It wasn't unusual for certain railway employees, upon retirement, to be allowed to keep their company issue pocket watches. In these cases the watches were normally stamped "Ex. B.R." (Ex. British Railways) which signified that the watch had been officially taken out of service. The "Ex. B.R." mark also indicates that the watch was still in use after the formation of B.R. in 1948.

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