Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...

Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 73

?Twenty Dollars 1906? Semca & Co., Swiss. Made in the 1970s. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch fitted into a U.S. 20 dollar gold coin dated 1906.

C. Four-body, solid, on one side the profile of Liberty 1906, on the other the American Eagle, the shield and the motto "In God We Trust?, the hinged watch within the coin opening by a pushbutton in the coin-edge band, straight lugs. D. Matte silvered with painted baton indexes. Blued steel "bâton" hands. M. 9 1⁄2''', rhodium plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, escape wheel with shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 4 mm.