{"id":85431,"date":"2022-11-25T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=85431"},"modified":"2022-11-25T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:15:39","slug":"unique-roger-smith-watch-sells-for-660000-at-a-collected-man-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/unique-roger-smith-watch-sells-for-660000-at-a-collected-man-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Roger Smith watch sells for \u00a3660,000 at A Collected Man auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A unique and unworn Roger Smith Series 1 watch has sold for \u00a3660,000 after being auctioned to raise money for a fund to support watchmakers in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The one-off watch was sold online by A Collected Man, a London-based specialist in the trade of rare watches, with 20% of the proceeds donated to the Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers.<\/p>\n

The Alliance will use the money to create a Careers Hub that aims to connect horology students with career opportunities.<\/p>\n

Only 18 Series 1 watches have ever emerged from the Isle of Man workshop of Roger Smith, and the watchmaker is not currently taking any orders for new pieces.<\/p>\n

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This made the auction with A Collected Man an unrepeatable opportunity to acquire one of these ultra-rare watches.<\/p>\n

The Series 1 created for the project comes in the smaller 38mm white gold version of the case.<\/p>\n

It has a silver dial with some subtle changes to look.<\/p>\n

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The outer chapter has engraved black\u00a0minute markers. A fluted trench separates it from a second chapter of brushed silver with engraved hour markers.<\/p>\n

Further in, the dial is adorned with engine-turned, basket-weave guilloche and at 12 o\u2019clock, a cartouche bears the \u201cR. W. SMITH\u201d mark, engraved in black.<\/p>\n

At six o\u2019clock is a large, subsidiary-seconds register decorated with diamond guilloche, circled by drilled, black dots marking the seconds. A slim, white gold seconds\u2019 hand, with the signature pronounced counter-balance, traverses the face of the seconds\u2019 register.<\/p>\n

The white gold hour and minute hands feature spade tips, scalloped by hand, much like the rest of the dial.<\/p>\n

Roman numerals, usually found on the watchmaker\u2019s dials, have been replaced by batons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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