Lot 67
Movado. A large, unusual and very rare metal and leather mechanical desk clock with lighter
Case No.869,914, made circa 1930
Auction: London Watches | Lots 18 - 124 | Thurs 19 November 2026 from 2pm
Description
Cal.800M hand-wound 15 jewel movement, off-white dial with large painted numerals, outer minute track, blued steel skeleton hands and subsidiary seconds, large metal case with elephant leather covering to the reverse, the base numbered and with various patents, removable screw caps for filling the case with fluid and replacing the flint, the upper with hinged flint/wick cap, wheeled strike. Dial and movement signed, case numbered, flint strike signed ‘Made in England L&R’
Dimensions
Height 110mm, width 84mm, depth 32mm.
Footnote
The England Patent 286838 was filed by R.V and F.E.L Clarke in 1927 for an improved friction lighter. The L&R reference on the strike wheel is for Lawson & Raphael Ltd, 137-141 Regent Street, London. In researching other examples, these were clearly made for Movado in very small numbers most likely by hand in England. The underside of the bezel and removable screw-caps are stamped with the last three digits of the case number, 914. Christies Geneva sold an identical example, numbered 870,043, in November 2009. Later examples found were also signed Movado Factories on the case. Numbers 870029, 870082, and 870087 have also appeared publicly, making this the earliest example known.