98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 624
Harwood Self Winding Watch Co. Ltd, Case No. 89941, Patent No. 106583, 30 mm, circa 1926
An early automatic wristwatch with oscillating weight winding and turnable bezel for hand setting device
Case: 9k rose gold, push back, engraved turnable bezel. Dial: silvered, structured.
The Englishman John HARWOOD enriched the horology with an invention, which in the meantime is indispensable for the modern valuable watch: The automatic winding was initiated by the "HARWOOD perpetual". Already 1924 John Harwood’s invention was patented and two years later the first "Harwood perpetual" saw the light of day on the occasion of the Basel fair. Up to then the winding of wristwatches was only manually possible by winding the crown.
This ingenious invention ranks among the milestones of watch history and acquires the title of a classic among wristwatches.
Source: www.harwood-watches.com
An early automatic wristwatch with oscillating weight winding and turnable bezel for hand setting device
Case: 9k rose gold, push back, engraved turnable bezel. Dial: silvered, structured.
The Englishman John HARWOOD enriched the horology with an invention, which in the meantime is indispensable for the modern valuable watch: The automatic winding was initiated by the "HARWOOD perpetual". Already 1924 John Harwood’s invention was patented and two years later the first "Harwood perpetual" saw the light of day on the occasion of the Basel fair. Up to then the winding of wristwatches was only manually possible by winding the crown.
This ingenious invention ranks among the milestones of watch history and acquires the title of a classic among wristwatches.
Source: www.harwood-watches.com
Sold
estimated
500—1.500 €
Price realized
700 €