The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 518

The SailboatAmerican Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., No. 3670785, Model 1883, Grade No. 35, made in June or July 1889.Fine, rose gold-filled, keyless watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets" by "Excelsior", hinged bezel and back with vermicelli borders, back with engine-turned center and a blank crest, ribbed band, glazed cuvette to view the movement.D. White enamel with blue Arabic numerals, center painted with a sailboat, recessed sub-seconds. Rose "Louis XV" gold hands. M. 18 size, nickel, full plate, matted and damascened, 15 jewels, the top ones in screwed gold settings, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted, steel Breguet balance-spring, Church type I patented (No. 312,253) micro-metric regulator, safety pinion.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 55 mm.