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

LOT 587

E. Howard & Co., Boston, Mass., Series IV, No. 211850, circa 1875.Very fine, 14K multicolored gold and diamond-set, hunting-cased, keyless watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine", by "A.W.C. Co.", No. 55400, elaborately decorated with applied red, green, yellow and white gold forming floral and foliate pattern, back centered by a diamond in a star, vermicelli band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute track with inner five-minute Arabic markers, sunk sub-seconds. Blued steel "Fancy" pierced hands. M. N size, nickel, 3/4 plate, damascened, 15 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, straight line lever escpement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted, blued steel flat balance-spring, Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 54 mm.