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

LOT 529

Masonic ElginElgin, No. 7678452, Model 5, Grade 145, circa 1898.Fine, 20-year gold-filled, keyless watch with a Masonic dial.

C. Three-piece, "bassine" screw back and bezel, engine turned back.D. White enamel, painted Masonic symbols for the numerals, sunk sub-seconds with a bee hive painted in the center. M. 18 size, frosted gilt, full plate, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 54 mm.