Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 60

A. HAMILTON YELLOW GOLD & ENAMEL Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Pa., No. 2907305, case No. 140518. Made in the 1930s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, 14K yellow gold and black enamel wristwatch with a 14K yellow gold Hamilton buckle.
B. ELGIN U.S.A. YELLOW GOLD & ENAMEL Elgin National Watch Co., No. 31178699, case No. 8641. Made in the 1930s. Fine, rectangular, 14K yellow gold and blue enamel wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

A. C. Three-body, solid, polished, black 'champlevé' enamel bezel with painted gold radial Arabic numerals, mobile lugs. D. Matte silver with outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel cathedral hands. M. Cal. 979, fausses côtes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
B. C. Three-body, solid, polished, blue 'champlevé' enamel bezel with painted gold radial Roman numerals, hinged lugs. D. Matte silver with outer minute track. Yellow gold cathedral hands. M. Cal. 8 ¾???, fausses côtes decoration, 15 jewels, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 26 x 40 mm. Thickness 8 mm.