Watch Authentication

The most complicated handmade watch, the Henry Graves Supercomplication, has been sold at auction for 20.6m Swiss francs (£13.4m). A "complication" is a technical term referring to any feature on a watch which is in addition to simply telling the time. The Supercomplication, made by Patek Philippe in 1932, has 24 of them including Westminster chimes, a perpetual calendar, sunrise and sunset times, and a celestial map of New York as seen from Graves's apartment on Fifth Avenue. Ass…

You can drop off your items and collect them at a later date or you can make an appointment to attend one of our very popular monthly Valuation Days where you can have a private one to one meeting with an Expert Valuer.  Our next ones are Wednesday 28th August and Tuesday 17th September.  For those of you who have larger collections of Jewellery, Watches or Silverware then we can organise a personal home visit. Most valuations are required for insurance purposes but we can also prov…

For more information on the SafeGuard jewellery and silverware valuation service or to send items in to SafeGuard for valuation Tel: 0871 423 7922 or email safeguard@theassayoffice.co.uk

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