The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 460

American Waltham Watch Co., No.15148745, Model 1883, Grade No. 825, circa 1907.Very fine and rare, 14K multicolored gold, unusual hunting-cased, keyless watch with a special O'Hara dial.

C. Four-body, massive, by S. Pian, No. 94754, full box-hinged, triple-hinged, back with applied flower basket with rare arrangement, applied multicolored flower garlands around, elaborately decorated borders, vermicelli band, gold hinged cuvette. D. Off-white enamel, elaborately decorated with strap-work, gold paillon radial Arabic numerals with black shadow for relief effect, outer gold paillon minute track with emerald-paste five minute markers, center with gold paillons, recessed sub-secondsith gold paillon decoration. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, full plate with Barley Corn damascening, 17 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet ba-lance spring, Ohlson's first rock and pinion patented (No. 818043) micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55 mm.