Surfaced in Scotland

Serial Number: 13976

Sold on the internet today, 30 Oct 2015, another William Bent movement in Scotland.

It is quite remarkable how many William Bent's have been discovered in Scotland.

This one has a 44mm diameter white enamel dial (some damage to the dial exists, consistent with having been roughly torn from its original gold or silver case)

I do hope the proud new owner will share some pics with us...

Another Discovery!

William Bent serial number 16417
English fusee full-plate lever; Dial Diameter 45mm.
Having been removed from its original case, this movement has been refitted in a Birmingham silver case of suitable size, in order to protect it from damage and to preserve this fine example of hand made craftmanship.

The white enamel dial is in very fine condition with only a tiny hairline at 5 o'clock.

Shared with us thanks to Cynthia in British Columbia, Canada...
She wrote...
'My grandfather, O.T. Holdcroft, was apprenticed as a watch maker in England, later moving to Canada in 1910. He farmed until 1930 and then went back to watch repair during the depression. This watch was something that he had in his shop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It says "Fitted up" by O.T. Holdcroft in Calgary, Alberta, March 1933.'
'The one gold hand makes me think that it well might have been stripped of its gold case, so sad. But my grandfather worked on it in March of 1933 and it was still in his shop when he died on January 1, 1950.'