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HALLMARKING
Hallmarking
figures drop 2.3%
in August
Hallmarking fell by an average of
2.3% in August 2018 compared with
the same period the previous year,
according to figures compiled by the
Birmingham Assay Office.
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WATCHES
Rotary Watches
join forces with
The Royal British
Legion
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QUOTE OF
THE MONTH
“This is one of the rarest and
most fascinating watches we
have ever had up for auction at
Fellows. It’s amazing to think
this watch was on screen in a
James Bond movie.”
That’s what Laura Bishop, watch manager
at Fellows Auctioneers, said about the
auction of a Rolex Submariner worn by
007 during the British spy thriller,
Licence to Kill, which is estimated to be
worth £90,000.
AUCTIONS
The number of gold and platinum
pieces hallmarked increased
significantly by 7.9% and 29.3%
respectively. However, silver and
palladium both dropped by a marked
10.1% to 420,919 and 41.8% to 5,129
respectively.
Overall the volumes decreased from
828,824 in August 2017 to 810,062 in
August 2018.
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October 2018 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
Rotary Watches has partnered with the
Royal British legion to release limited
edition timepiece to commemorate the
100th anniversary since the end of the
Great War.
The limited edition timepiece features
special details to commemorate this
centenary. The 11th hour and the 11th
day are respectfully coloured red,
there’s a poppy at 12 o’clock and a
poppy on the crown.
The company said the details
are to honor “all those who bravely
sacrificed themselves to secure and
protect our freedom”. There are just
1918 individually numbered models
available, to signify the end of the
First World War. Each model is also
inscribed with the Legion’s ‘Thank You’
logo on the reverse of the watch,
The watch will retail at £149 and
Rotary will donate £12.50 (excl VAT)
from each watch sale to the Royal
British Legion.
CEO of Rotary Watches, Peter
McKenna, said: “We are delighted to
partner with the Royal British Legion
and are confident our donations will
support their insatiable work for the
services community, I hope that this
will be the start of a long partnership
and we play some part in a successful
2018 Thank You campaign.”
Catherine Davies, head of
remembrance for the Royal British
Legion, added: “We are pleased to be
partnering with Rotary to mark this
centenary year and are very grateful
for their generosity through donations
from this limited edition timepiece.”
James Bond
Rolex could sell
for £90,000 at
Fellows auction
The timepiece will be on view in
Fellows’ London and Birmingham
offices leading up to the auction
A Rolex Submariner worn by 007
during the British spy thriller, Licence
to Kill, could fetch at least £90,000 at
an upcoming Fellows watch sale in
Birmingham on 30 October.
The timepiece, worn by Timothy
Dalton’s stunt double, featured during a
car chase where 007 is driving a tanker
truck in Mexico.
Laura Bishop, watch manager at
Fellows Auctioneers, said: “This is
one of the rarest and most fascinating
watches we have ever had up for
auction at Fellows. It’s amazing to think
this watch was on screen in a James
Bond movie.
“The more I read about the
provenance of the watch, and how it
featured in such a classic Bond scene,
the more excited I get about selling it.”
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