1966 Rolex GMT Master stainless steel wristwatch featuring in our April Fine Art & Antique auction.
18/04/23
1966 Rolex GMT Master stainless steel wristwatch, model 1675A, serial number 1223130, circa 1966, the round black dial with luminous dot hour markers with baton quarters, white outer minute divisions, magnified date aperture at 3, polished Mercedes hands with luminous inserts, centre seconds, arrow tipped red GMT hand, 39mm case, the bi-directional bezel with red and blue 'Pepsi' bezel insert, on a stainless steel Oyster bracelet numbered 78790 with 501B to the end links with original receipt and additional original bracelet. The watch was purchased new by the vendor on the 3rd March 1966 and the watch has been cherished ever since. The watch is accompanied with the original guarantee papers, import receipt and cheque for £67 for the purchase. Also accompanied with the original bracelet, numbered 7836, and 358. Numerous service receipts.
Harry Becker was born in Colchester in 1865 to German parents Henrietta and Charles. His father Charles, who served as a field surgeon in various campaigns including Crimea, was drafted to Colchester in 1856 and there they settled.
19/03/2026
A charming and historically significant letter written by A. A. Milne to his longtime collaborator and illustrator E. H. Shepard, revealing a previously unseen glimpse into the creative world of the Pooh books, will be offered for sale by Reeman Dansie auctioneers of Colchester on the 18th of March.
14/03/2026
Reeman Dansie are pleased to announce the sale by auction of a remarkable Second World War archive belonging to a nurse who bravely served during the fall of France, Miss Mary Edytha Darby.
14/03/2026