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

LOT 501

Elgin National Watch Co., No. 1398925, Grade 50, circa 1882.Fine, 14K gold, hunting-cased keyless watch.

C. Four-body, triple-hinged, "bassine" with fluted decoration, po-lished cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals in paillon cartouches on light blue ring, center with paillon decoration, outer line minute track with five-minute Arabic markers, sunk sub-se-conds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, lightly damas-cened, 15 jewels, adjusted, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Moseley and Hunter patentedNo. 157,021) micrometric re-gulator. Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 49mm.