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A presentation pocket watch that was kindly returned to us by a relative of Revd Thomas Swindell, the longest serving vicar of All Saints' Sedgley, in the Black Country of the UK nearly 100 years after it was presented to him by the Parish of Sedgley. The full story of the return of the watch can be found on All Saints' Parish website:
http://www.gornalandsedgley.org.uk/news/
Any insights or additional information on the Marquis model, the Dennison company in Handsworth or any other aspect of Swindell's watch would be welcome on mmjones29@blueyonder.co.uk Thanks to David Shelton for the photos.
Waltham Pocket WatchesWaltham Watch Company was the first watchmaker to mass-produce watch moveme…