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

LOT 589

E. Howard & Co., Boston, Mass., No. 47851, Series IV, circa 1865.Very fine and rare, 14K multicolored gold and ruby-set, hunting-cased, box-hinged, keyless watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine" with scalloped edges, by "E.H. & Co.", No. 533800, elaborately decorated with applied red, green, yellow and white gold forming floral and foliate pattern, back centered by a ruby in a floral rosette, 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 hand. M. N size, nickel, 3/4 plate, damascened, 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 whiplash micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 57 mm.