The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 473

American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., No. 12656319, Model 1899, "Riverside Maximus" Grade, circa 1903.Fine and rare, 14K yellow gold, unusual hunting-cased, keyless watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine" by "Keystone", hinged covers and the band with heavy stylized floral and foliate decoration, gold hinged cuvette. D. Double-sunk white enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridge, damascened, 23 jewels, the top ones in raised gold settings, adjusted, gold wheel train, straight line lever escapement with sapphire pallets, cut bimetalic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Reed's whiplash micro-meter regulator.Signed on the dial, case and movement.Diam. 51 mm.