The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 500

American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., No. 7496888, Model 1888, Grade No. 650, circa 1895.Fine, 14K rose gold, keyless watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine" triple-hinged, by "H.W.W", No. 4435, polished, hinged gold cuvette with inscription and peripheral engine-turning. D. Light blue enamel with blue painted radial Arabic numerals in off-white cartouches with gold paillon frames, outer minute ring with 5-minute sapphire-paste dot markers, inner concentric gold paillon leaf decoration with diamond, ruby, and sap-phire-paste dots, recessed sub-seconds with gold paillon ornamen-tation. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 16 size, nickel,3/4 split plate, da-mascened in a variety of patterns, 17 jewels, the top ones in screwed gold settings, gold center wheel, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Church type II patented (No. 484,176) micrometric regulator. Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 52 mm.