The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 465

American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., No. 22637642, Model 1908, Grade 625, circa 1919.Fine "New Old Stock", 14K multicolored gold, hunting-cased, box-hinged, keyless watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine" by "Elgin Giant Watch Case Co.", full box-hinged, covers with applied red, green and yellow gold floral and foliate decoration, vermicelli band, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with 5-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "American Spade" hands, sunk sub-seconds. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate da-mascened, 17 jewels, the top ones in gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensaion balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Church type II patented (No. 484,176) micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 50 mm.