This is England. And in England we like to do things on time (unless you work for British Rail of course) - like precision bombing, for example. It's no good saying 'We'll bomb the Germans some time this evening'. No, it's important to bomb the Germans at 19.00 hours, precisely. Timekeeping is an integral part of who we are - we invented it after all (in Greenwich). These days, of course, everyone is buying quartz watches because they are highly accurate. That's fine if you live in a Bovis Home but actually owning an Accurist or a Sekonda says a lot about you - it says you are common as muck. Gentlemen (and ladies, naturally) prefer timepieces and what better than a 9ct gold pocket watch made in 1925 by the well respected A.L.Dennison which just happens to be our featured lot (no.190) in this week's auction with an estimate of £400-600.
Our General Auction including antiques and valuables takes place tomorrow (Thursday, 14th April 2011) at 2pm at St Andrew's Hall in Norwich (public viewing from midday). We'll be posting some more pictures up later this evening - so do pop back for more, at precicely 19.00 hours.
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