https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png UKDFD Recording Software https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ Watch and clock keys/winders https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders.html Watch Winder https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-58725.html Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:34:32 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder  
Description: A circular watch winder with JEFFERIES BIGGLESWADE and WATCH MAKER AND JEWELLER inscribed respectively on the two sides. The suspension loop and steel stem are missing. 

There are two possibilities for the maker of this watchwinder. They appear to be Father and son.

John Robert Jefferies was born circa 1829 in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. In 1859, he married Fanny Bond in Biggleswade. In 1881, John was recorded as a watchmaker and jeweller living in Market Square, Biggleswade. By 1891, John and Fanny had moved to Skegness, Lincolnshire, where John was again recorded as a jeweller. In 1901, they were still there. John died in 1907, aged 79. 

John Jefferies 1792 - 1868, Clockmaker/Watchmaker, Silversmith and Jeweller. High Street, Biggleswade.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder/Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-58622.html Tue, 13 May 2025 14:15:05 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder/Key  
Description: A copper-alloy watch winder/key of the late Victorian /Edwardian period. The bow is rectangular and inscribed H. SAMUEL 97 MARKET ST. MANCHESTER, respectively, on each side, the suspension loop and steel stem are missing. 

Harriet Samuel opened the  Manchester Market Street branch around 1876. The full history of the Samuel family is available on Wikipedia.
 
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-58405.html Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:01:20 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder  
Description: The handle only of a cranked watch winder of the Georgian period. Each side has an identical moulded floral decoration.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-57552.html Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:20:34 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder  
Description: A copper-alloy watch winder. It has an open oval bow with pierced and scrolled, moulded decoration, the suspension loop and steel stem are missing.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-57551.html Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:17:43 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder  
Description: A copper alloy, shield-shaped, watch winder inscribed W. POTTS & SONS GUILDFORD ST LEEDS on one side and WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELLERS on the other. The suspension loop and steel stem are missing.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder/Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-56791.html Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:27:26 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder/Key  
Description: A shield-shaped watch winder key with W.J.MARTIN, MARKET PLACE, DONCASTER inscribed on the front surface, the reverse depicts a castle. the steel stem is missing.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder/Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-56534.html Mon, 06 Dec 2021 15:26:51 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder/Key  
Description: A round gilded copper-alloy watch winder, stamped on both sides with an octagonal motif on a finely hatched field. The suspension loop is missing.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder/Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-55796.html Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:38:53 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder/Key  
Description: A cranked watch winder/key of the Georgian period. The winder has an openwork heart-shaped handle, to which the ovate looped fastener of a watch chain is still attached. The key itself is T-shaped with one side of the T-bar extended to accommodate the articulated handle. The T-bar extension is decorated with reel and bead mouldings and there is a moulded cube at the  junction of the stem and bar. The stem will have a square slotted end to engage on the winder within the watch, and the short side of the bar will have a smaller slot for turning the watch-hands to adjust the time.

Note
The material is recorded as gold, but may possibly be silver-gilt, which is more durable for the application.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-55327.html Mon, 11 May 2020 15:06:11 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder Key  
Description: A copper-alloy watch winder with a solid circular bow stamped with a number 8 (indicating the winding shaft size it fits) on one side, and a five-petalled flower on the other. The winder retains its swivelling suspension loop, but the steel stem is missing, traces of gilt survive in the recesses.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
]]> Watch Winder/Key https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/watch-and-clock-keyswinders/watch-winder-key-54173.html Wed, 16 Jan 2019 13:45:55 GMT Watch and clock keys/winders Watch Winder/Key  
Description: An incomplete watch winder of standard design, it has a circular bow with hatched decoration emulating scales covering the surface, on the side of the bow is a small protrusion which depicts a snake swallowing its tail. The swivelling suspension loop and steel stem are missing.
Category: Post-Medieval to Modern, Watch and clock keys/winders
Category: Watch and clock keys/winders
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