The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 421

American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass.,No. 7132773, Model 1883, "P.S. Bartlett" Grade, circa 1895.Fine, 14K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless watch with an ela-borate O'Hara dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets" by "Keystone", triple-hinged, en-gine-turned covers, reeded band, hinged gold cuvette. D. Off-white and yellow, with elaborate pink Moresque pattern, gold paillon radial Arabic numerals, outer gold paillon dot minute ring, gold paillon rosette in the center with ruby-pastes, pressed sub-seconds with gold paillon design. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, full plate, damascened, 17 jewels, the top ones in screwed settings, lateral lever escapement, cut bietallic compensation balance, ad-justed, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Church type I patented (No. 312,253) micrometric regulator, safety pinion.Signed on dial, case and movementDiam. 53 mm.