Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 113
Dudley Watch Co.
Dress-watch, patented design skeleton movement, Masonic dial; yellow gold plated
Dress-watch, patented design skeleton movement, Masonic dial; yellow gold plated
HKD 12,000 - 14,000
CHF 1,500 - 1,800 / USD 1,600 - 1,900
Yellow gold plated, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco, skeleton, Masonic dress-watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Silver colour dial with different Masonic gilded symbols in place of the numerals (working tools of the various degrees of Freemasonry); clockwise: Eye of Providence, Level, Crescent Moon, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “B” (Boaz), Mallet, Compass and Rule Level, Ax and Stone, Square, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “J” (Jachin), Sun, Trowel.
Silver colour dial with different Masonic gilded symbols in place of the numerals (working tools of the various degrees of Freemasonry); clockwise: Eye of Providence, Level, Crescent Moon, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “B” (Boaz), Mallet, Compass and Rule Level, Ax and Stone, Square, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “J” (Jachin), Sun, Trowel.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Dudley Watch Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
Model The Emblem Watch, model 3
Year circa 1935
Movement No. 6 125
Caliber size 12, model 3, 19 jewels, lever escapement
Dimensions Ø 45.5 mm.
Signature dial and movement
Accessories copies of the invention patents and copies of the design patents
Notes
Movement based on the US invention designs, delivered to William W. Dudley, Lancaster, Pennsylvania:
•No. 53 492, delivered on July 8, 1919, for a “Design for a Movement-Frame forWatches”.
•No.62566,deliveredonJune29,1923,fora“DesignforaWatchMovementFrame”.