The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 551

Rockford Watch Co, Rockford, Illinois, No. 381478, Model 1, Grade 103, circa 1891.Very rare, 20-year yellow gold-filled, hunting-cased, keyless watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets" with scalloped edge, back centered with engraved stag with mountains in the background, border with engine turning and scrolling, vermicelli pattern on the scalloped band, hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, snap-on fit, light two-tone stylized Arabic numerals in light blue and light red, outer light blue minute track with five-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel, "spade" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate, crosshatched damascenig, winding wheel with damascened rosettes, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Reed's patented whip-lash regulator. Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55 mm.