Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 28
New England Watch Co., Waterbury, Connecticut circa 1898-1912. Fine nickel skeletonised keyless watch with special escapement.
CHF 600 - 800
Sold: CHF 978
C. Three piece, "bassine", glazed on both faces, with reeded band. D. Frosted and gilt, skeletonised, with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. GiIt brass "Louis XV" hands. M. Full plate, skeletonised with going barrel, single wheel duplex escapement, monometallic balance with screws, flat balance spring. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 52 mm.
Notes
Fine example of an American mass production watch with the famous single wheel
duplex escapement with the punched escape wheel, adopted by Waterbury for most of
the "one dollar watches".
An identical watch from The Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois, is described and
illustrated by Donald R. Hoke, in The Time Museum Historical Catalogue of American
Pocket Watches, 1991, p. 249, No. 231.