Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 68

HAMILTON OTIS REVERSIBLE GOLD PLATED Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, PA, Otis. Made in the 1950s. Fine, rectangular 14K gold-plated reversible wristwatch.

USD 2,000 - 3,000

HKD 15,000 - 23,000 / CHF 1,900 - 2,900

Sold: USD 2,375

C. Five-body, polished, reeded bezel. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold alpha hands. M. 8??? tonneau, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. DIM. 24 x 39 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Hamilton Watch Company produced the Otis for only several years in the late 1930s and early 1940s until the company was supposedly forced to end production after a patent infringement claim by Jaeger-LeCoultre