Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020

LOT 105

Elgin Watch Co.
Masonic watch, case with Masonic décor; 14K gold filled

HKD 3,200 - 5,600

CHF 400 - 700 / USD 430 - 750

14K gold filled, open-face, keyless-winding, decagonal-shaped, dresswatch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Case-back with an applied gold Masonic motif composed of the Compass and Square, with inside the Sun, surrounded by the columns of the Temple of Solomon and surmounted by the blue enamelled letter «G» (God, Gnose or Geometry). Silver and gold colour dial with Arabic numerals.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Elgin, Elgin, Illinois (U.S.A.)

Year circa 1925

Movement No. 27 901 042

Case No. 6 953 817 (by Wadsworth Watch Case Co., Newport and Dayton, Kentucky, U.S.A.)

Caliber size 12, grade 477, model 3, 17 jewels, Moseley regulator, adjusted 3 positions

Dimensions s Ø 44.7 mm.

Signature case, dial and movement

Notes

Inside case-back engraved “Lodge of Amity / to / S. K. England / P M 1901”.
The movement used in this watch was produced at only 28 200 examples