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Lot 78 Born in 1913, in 1927 Roy King was apprenticed to a diamond mounting firm, M J Greengross in Hatton Garden; in the evenings he attended Sir John Cass Art School. During the Second World War he worked as a planning engineer on the production line of Hurricane fighter planes. The skills and techniques he used would subsequently be transferred to jewellery and watch manufacture when he set up his own workshop in Watford after the war. In 1965 the workshop would become a factory and his focus would be more on watches than jewellery; in 1973 he bought the Swiss watch company La Montre Royale de Geneve. In 1974 he had a one man show at the Goldsmith’s hall and in the 1980s opened a shop in Mayfair. Roy King died in 2000.
Roy King’s son Roger (born 1936) joined his father’s business in 1953 and designed jewellery including the ‘Moon Crater’ series. He would later diversify into other business interests.
Roy King’s son Roger (born 1936) joined his father’s business in 1953 and designed jewellery including the ‘Moon Crater’ series. He would later diversify into other business interests.
AN ENAMEL AND DIAMOND-SET 'MOON CRATER' NECKLACE, BY ROY C. KING LTD.
Closed29 November 2017
Price Realised
GBP 9,375