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

LOT 426

Waltham, Mass., No. 12504580, model 1883, "P.S. Bartlett" Gra-de, circa 1903.Very fine and rare, 14K gold, almost mint-condition, hunting-cased, full box-hinged, keyless watch, with an elaborate O'Hara dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine", by B.W. Manufacturing Co., No. 55469, triple-hinged, back engraved with a castle on a river bank, vermicelli and star borders, gold hinged cuvette. D. Off-white and rose enamel with elaborate strap and paillon work, radial Arabic numerals with outer minute track with gold paillon minutes and emerald-paste five-minutes, recessed sub-seconds with gold paillon rosette. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, full plate with elaborate damas-cening, 17 jewels with flush god settings, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Church type I patented (No. 312,253) micro-metric regulator, safety pinion, lever-set with Church disengaged intermediate wheel patented (No. 295484) system.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 53 mm.