Vintage 9ct White gold Roy King Bueche Girod Ladies Manual Wind Watch, c.1970s

Vintage 9ct White gold Roy King Bueche Girod Ladies Manual Wind Watch, c.1970s

A 9ct white gold square cased watch by Roy king and Bueche Girod featuring bark finish silver dial with applied black baton hour markers, stepped bark finish bezel to a bark finished brick link white bracelet with ladder clasp. 1970s.

Roy King (1913 - 2000) was a major figure in London's fashion movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and was a skilled bench jeweller as well as an accomplished jazz pianist. He strove to make 'jewellery that tells the time', and signed an exclusive contract with Bueche Girod. The bark finish on bracelets was pioneered by Roy King, and one of his bark finish wedding rings was purchased by George Harrison and Patti Boyd for their wedding in 1966. Other famous clients included Tom Jones, The Beatles, Saudi Princes and the British Royal Family.