3-074-670 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Benson's Specially-Made Gold English Keyless Half-Chronometer, 1883. 'FOR INDIA AND THE COLONIES OR FOR HUNTING AND ROUGH WEAR. BENSONS SPECIALLY-MADE GOLD ENGLISH KEYLESS HALF-CHRONOMETER, £25. CONSTRUCTED WITH PATENT BREGUET SPRING WHICH ENTIRELY COUNTERACTS THE SUDDEN VARIATION CAUSED IN ORDINARY LEVER WATCHES BY HUNTING, &c. JEWELLED AND ALL LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. GUARANTEED ENTIRELY OF MY BEST ENGLISH MAKE, TO KEEP PERFECT TIME UNDER THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO LAST A LIFETIME. MADE IN TWO SIZES, HALF-HUNTER (AS SKETCH, LARGER SIZE), HUNTER OR CRYSTAL GLASS. SENT FREE AND SAFE TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR £25 DRAFT WITH ORDER. SILVER, SAME QUALITY. £15. PAMPHLETS FREE, GIVING FULL PARTICULARS OF THIS WATCH AND ALL OTHERS MADE AT BENSON'S, LUDGATE-HILL, AND OLD BOND-STREET, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1749'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.