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

LOT 609

Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Pa, No. 246061, Grade 940, made for railroad Inspector A.N. Anderson, circa 1902.Fine and rare, yellow gold filled, keyless, Railroad Grade watch with an unusual dial.

C. Three-body, by Star Watch Case Co., No. 6062800, screw back and bezel, "bassine", back engine turned and engraved with stylized foliate pattern. D. Multicolored enamel, off-white base, gold paillon Arabic numerals on rose enamel cartouches in gold paillon circles, outer minute track with gold paillon markers and sapphire-paste 15-minute markers, gold paillon flowers between the numerals, center decorated with gold paillon rosette, subsidiary sunk seconds with blue Arabic numerals and blue trak. Gold "Louis XV" hands.M. 18 size, nickel, full plate, finely damascened in different patterns, 21 jewels in flush gold screwed settings, adjusted, straight line coun-terpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, patented micrometric regu-lator, gilded screws, lever-set.Signed on the movement, dial signed by the Railroad inspector.Diam. 54 mm.