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Stauffer & Co - an 18ct gold open faced dress pocket watch, the white dial marked 'Simmons Cheltenham', with black Roman numerals, blued hands and subsidiary seconds register, the crown wind slim movement with Stauffer & Co mark, number 125389, the case by Charles Nicolet, London import hallmarks 1909, number 227009, the signed dustcover also marked 'Swiss made' , the pendant bow part marked
Other Notes: Stauffer, Son & Co. was established in Switzerland in 1830 and a London branch, Stauffer & Co, was opened soon after. They became one of the largest importers of Swiss watches in Britain, also importing watches made by Patek Philippe, Jaeger Le Coultre, IWC, Fontainemelon and Eterna. Charles Nicolet, a Swiss horologist, formed a partnership with them between1853 - 1940.

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