Brand: Longines Diameter: +- 33mm Year:1953 Asking Price: €1650 I have contacted Christies and they want to auction it in June. (estimate of $2000-$4000) View attachment 179891 As can be seen in the pictures the watch engravings tell that the watch was given to a certain W.V. Arnold by A.W. Fox probably in 1953. According to the internet the movement serial number also dates the watch to 1953. When diving deeper into both names we found out that the giver is the once famous racing driver Arthur Wingrave Fox more commonly known as Arthur Fox. (Source: motorsport magazine archive) View attachment 179892 Arthur Fox is mainly known as being owner of the Fox and Nicholl racing team racing mainly Talbots and Lagonda’s pre war. The team entered the 24 hours of Le Mans from 1929 until 1937. They even won Le Mans in 1935 with a Lagonda which can be seen in the Louwman Museum in The Hague (the Netherlands) The folllowing picture shows Arthur Fox his international traveling pass which was probably used for the 1929 24 hours of Le Mans. (source: Aston Service Dorset). An other picture of Arthur Fox I found trough ebay which looks more like a cartoon/caricature: It turned out that W.V. Arnold worked for Arthur Fox from 1911 till 1955 according to an article I found in the archive of the motorsport magazine. Now the engraving talks about 1911-1953 so there are two options. One being that the source is wrong considering the working years and the other is that after his official retirement he still worked two years for mister Fox. One thing is probably sure and that is that mister Arnold worked on the Le Mans winning Lagonda in 1935! View attachment 179890 View attachment 179893 View attachment 179894