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

LOT 580

E. Howard & Co., Boston, Mass., No. 220422, Series IV, circa 1876.Very fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets" triple-hinged, by "K & U", No. 5882, gold hinged cuvette. D. Off-white enamel, Gold Arabic numerals, outer gold paillon dot minute ring with five-minute gilt Arabic markers, sunk sub-seconds. Blued steel "Crescent" hands. M. N size, frosted gilt, 3/4 plate, 15 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted, blued steel flat balance-spring, Reed's patented whiplah micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55 mm.