Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 232

Ebel Yellow Gold Twenty Dollars 1904 Ebel Watch Co. Swiss, ?Twenty Dollars 1904,? No. 320, case No. 896002. Made in the 1960s. Very fine, thin, 18K yellow gold wristwatch set in a U.S. 20 Dollar gold coin dated 1904 with an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Double case, coin opening with a push-piece concealed in the band, three-body hinged inner case, straight lugs. D. Matte silver with painted baton indexes and Arabic numerals. Black baton hands. M. Cal. 96, 14K yellow gold, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted in 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 4 mm.