Watch Collection (page 14)

Military luminous watch advertisement, 1915
Advertisement for the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, for their military luminous watch, with an original patent screw case making it secure from dust and damp

World War One artillery moving down a London street, as a crowd looks on. Date: C. 1914

Men of the Black Watch near Western Front, WW1
Men of the Black Watch ready to go up to the fighting line on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Spectators watch coronation rehearsal on wooden stands
The temporary stands, constructed along the processional route, filled with people watching the Coronation rehearsal prior to the real event on 12 May 1937

Listening In by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy sits on a chair, listening to the ticking of a pocket watch. Date: 1930

Uninvited Spectators at the Christmas Revels
This is an early Victorian party scene showing two young girls looking through a door decorated with holly at a party full of adults in fine evening wear

Group of Zulu Men
A seated group of spectacularly dressed Zulus. Date: 1936

Seated Zulu Men
Zulu men sit and watch something, seemingly captivated. Date: 1936

A scarecrow, 1793
A scarecrow of 1793 - a woman wearing a fashionable, but ridiculed, high-waisted gown (with watch fob) which makes it appear that her legs begin under her bosom

Woman and boy with two cats
A woman and a boy watch two cats drinking milk from a saucer in a back yard

Young clergyman with young woman
A young clergyman standing arm-in-arm with a young woman

Victoria and Albert in Ireland
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on a visit to Ireland in 1849 watch a dance of peasantry on the lawn at Carton. Date: 1849

Some Labour-Saving Devices by William Heath Robinson
The Top Watch Winder. 1919

Race walking in the Bois de Boulogne
A crowd watch as the race-walkers stride past, having just jumped over a small fence and across and puddle. Date: 1885

Advert for D. Bensson wrist watch protector 1916
The simplis wrist watch protector, makes your wrist watch breakproof, guards your watch against any possible injury. No more broken glasses. Available from D. Bensson, regent Street, London

Winston Churchills funeral, Royalty and Statesman at St Pau
Royalty and Statesmen from many nations on the steps of St Pauls to watch the departure of the coffin as the last stage of its journey to Bladon begins. Date: 6th February 1965

Advert for Ciro ladies diamond wristwatches 1937
Advert for ladies diamond cocktail wristwatches. Date: 1937

Advert for Asprey watches 1938
Asprey seletcion of watches from keys, bedside, gold note clips, wrist watches with cord bracelet and fob watches. Date: 1938

Police Launch - Wapping
Supervision Police Launch Watch close to the New Dundee Wharf, Wapping Date: circa 1900

Funeral of Victim
At the funeral of a victim of the massacre of 22 January, a speaker swears that the people will be revenged on the killers. Soldiers watch without interfering. Date: January 1905

The Distraction, by H. M. Bateman
Auction room audience pausing to watch an attractive lady entering the hall. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Putting on Make-Up
A young woman puts on her make-up at her bedroom dressing table. Date: circa 1970

Advert for Asprey jewellery 1938
Fashion decorative jewellery. Date: 1938

A Stop Watch
A stop watch, used for timing the speed of races, etc. Date: 1980s

TIME FLIES
Time flies... a fly muses on the workings of a watch. Date: early 1930s

Ammunition Up. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St. Johns Wood And From His Window He Was Able To Watch The Royal Horse Artillery

Japan - A Japanese Cook. Date: circa 1910s

Prairie wigwam - home to an indigenous Mother and Uncle
Prairie wigwam - home to the indigenous mans Mother and Uncle, both of whom peep out of suitable holes in the decorated canvas covering. It looks as if the Uncle has already hit the bottle

Keep Fit - Running for the Train
Keep Fit - Take a walk every morning! Three portly city gent having to scramble to make their morning train into the city. Date: 1943

Yacht Racing - Isle of Wight off Ryde Pier. Big Classic Yachts saling under the International handicap rule established in 1907

Sir Edward Grey - British Foreign Minister
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (18621933) - British Liberal statesman. Served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916. Date: circa 1914

Trafalgar Square Lion at Night - The Night Watch Date: 1924

The Scottish National Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Scottish National Exhibition - Edinburgh - held in Saughton Park between May and October 1908. Features a soldier of the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

Two Cartier wristwatches
Two vintage Cartier wristwatches Date: circa 1930s

Black Watch - Royal Highlanders - British Army Regiment - in camp (on manoeuvres). Date: 1905

Diving boys at Nassau, Bahamas. Diners taking luncheon of the terrace at the Prince George Hotel are treated to the aquatic antics of the islands diving boys who retrieve coins tossed into

C W A Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain
C.W.A. Scott, left, and Sir Harry Brittain at a model aircraft exhibition in Selfridges watch a demonstration by Bruce Young, aged 11

Lord and Lady Londonderry watch the flying from their car as they shelter from the rain at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes

US soldiers watch as the R34 descends steeply at Mineola

Children watching a spider weave its web
A girl and boy watch in wonder as a large spider weaves its web between branches. c. 1910

Tournai. Gran Place with bell tower and cathedra, in 1881. Engraving

Twnate Canal - Rangoon - We stopped at the official tollhouse and our junior officer captain had chairs and tables set out for our tea under a huge Ginko tree

Kemmendine - basha fire - Rangoon - Fire-fighting equipment arrives promptly and Doug and I got to watch it extinguished and surrounding houses being wet down by hoses from water trucks

W for Watch
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Choice Spirit & Buck
A buck : a dissipated & dishevelled looking man of fashion with a cudgel tucked under his arm & a choice spirit in a bicorne hat. Date: 1790

Hs Foster by Spy 1907
H.S Foster wears a frock coat, double-breasted waistcoat, floral buttonhole, grey striped trousers with a front & back crease, high all round collar & a spotted cravat. Date: 1907

Street Arabs / Book Cover
Two older children watch a very small street arab with some amusement Date: 1916

Victoria and Family
Victoria and Albert look out from a window of their castle at Windsor, to watch their children at play with their hoops Date: 1850

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