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

LOT 556

South Bend Watch Co., U.S.A., No. 1222690, Grade 227, circa 1925.Fine, yellow gold-filled, keyless, Railroad Grade watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine" by "Nawco/Security", screw back and bezel, monogrammed back, cuvette with "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration in-side. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, gold paillon leaf decoration for half-hours, outer gold paillon dot minute ring, sunk sub-seconds. Yellow gold "Pointer Spade" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridges, damascened in an unusual pattern, 21 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallc compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, special South Bend type of Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator, double roller.Signed on dial, case and movementDiam. 52 mm.