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Access Date: January 13, 2025
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Unknown
Grade: J.W.Benson Ludgate
| Manufacturer: | Unknown |  |
| Movement Serial Number: | 5768 | |
| Grade: | J.W.Benson Ludgate | |
| Model: | Ludgate | |
| Movement Configuration: | Openface | |
| Movement Finish: | Gilt | |
| Movement Inlay Color: | None | |
| Movement Setting: | Key | |
| Plate: | Full Plate | |
| Standard Dial Type: | Single-Sunk | |
| Movement Markings: | J.W.Benson, 58 & 60 Ludgate Hill, LONDON, To H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES, 5768, fast, slow James William Benson died on 7 October 1878 aged 52. The watch predates both Boar Wars (Dec 1880-Mar 1881 and Oct 1899-May 1902) and both World Wars and was manufactured around a decade after the end of the Civil War (April 1861 -May 1865) Believed to have remained in London for 147 years, surviving the bombing of London during World War 2. Information: Prince of Wales in 1876 would have been Albert Edward, later King Edward (1901-1910). Interestingly the Prince of Wales eldest son, Prince Albert Victor was a suspect in the Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders, although since proven innocent. |
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| Observation Source: | WRH992 | |
| Case: | Various | |
| Database Version: | v52.555 | |
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