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

LOT 510

Waltham, Mass., No. 8858900, Model 1883, P.S. Bartlett Grade, circa 1898.Fine and rare, 14K gold, hunting-cased, keyless watch with an elaborate O'Hara dial.

C. Four-body, drum-type, reeded bezels, polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. Off-white, blue and rose enamel, Arabic numerals in gold paillon circles, outer minute track with ruby-paste five-minute mar-kers, center with paillon leaf decoration, recessed sub-seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, full plate, elaborately damas-cened, 17 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Church type I patented (No.12,253) micrometric regulator, safety pinion, lever-set with Church disengaging intermediate wheel patented (No. 295484) system.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55 mm