Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 308

?Trafalgar 1805? RGM Watch Company, Lancaster in Pennsylvania, "Trafalgar 1805 ? H. M. S. Victory", Ref. 200. Made in 2005 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Part of a special commemorative series of watches with hand-engraved dials depicting famous Tall Ships. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with a unique dial, especially decorated movement and an 18K yellow gold RGM buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

USD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 12,000 - 17,000

Sold: USD 10,350

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, at the case side a white gold plaque ?Victory?, domed sapphire crystal. D. Solid silver with hand-engraved portrait of the ?Victory? amongst other battleships during the Trafalgar battle, luminous dot markers. Yellow gold hands with luminous ?lozenge? tips. M. Cal. 13 1/2???, gilt and rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and engine-turned decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, gilt rotor decorated and engraved with the motto ?Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense?. Dial and case signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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HMS Victory, on display at the Porthmouth Historic Dockyard in England, is revered as the world?s oldest commissioned battleship. Launched in 1765 and commissioned to the Royal Navy in 1778 it was the British fleet?s flagship in the Trafalgar battle. 2005 marks this 200th anniversary of one of the greatest naval battles in history, between the English fleet and the Franco-Spanish fleet. It took place in 1805 near the Straits of Gibraltar, off the cape of Trafalgar. A very bloody battle led by the French flagship Bucentaure and the victory under the command of Lord Nelson left the famous Admiral fatally wounded when he was struck in the spine by a sniper. British losses were 1?500 lives, while their enemies lost about 14?000. However, the British fleet won a brilliant victory over the French, capturing the Bucentaure and sinking many of the French battleships. It meant the end to French Emperor Napoleon?s dreams of dominance.