A rare 1903 Gordon-Bennett Cup Race presentation key-less pocket watch,presented to Dr Frank Husband, 19th Century Motorist and leading light of the Lincolnshire Automobile Club, who attended the race as a steward/messenger on his motorbike, that he rode to the event from Crowland, Lincolnshire, the watch No. 194589, the case back engraved "AUTOMOBILE CLUB GORDON-BENNETT CUP RACE IRELAND 1903" the inner dust cover engraved "Manufactured by Stauffer Son & Co London & Chaux-de-fonds", white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the outer chapter marked "Miles per hour from 1/4 mile distances", two subsidiary seconds and 30 minute register dials, (hairline crack to centre of dial), blued steel sweeping seconds hands, lever escapement and bimetallic balance wheel, in silver metal case, 5cm diameter. Sold together with a hand-written letter from Dr Husband to his wife Emmie, dated July 3 1903, on two folded sheets of Shelburne Hotel Dublin letter-headed paper, written on both sides, offered with modern typed transcript.

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