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

LOT 575

E. Howard & Co., Boston, No. 46571, Series IV, circa 1865.Very fine and rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, box-hinged, keyless watch in an unusual case.

C. Four-body, massive, drum type by "H.E.D", No. 22026, box-hinged, engine-turned covers with reeded bezels, front with monogram, polished band, gold hinged cuvette with "Sunray"-pattern inside. D. White enamel with painted Roman numerals, outer minute ring with 5-minute Arabic markers, sunk sub-seconds. Blued steel "Crescent" hands. M. N size, nickel, 3/4 plate, damas-cened, 15 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balace with gold screws, adjusted, blued steel flat balance-spring, Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator.Signed on case and movement.Diam. 54 mm.