The Art of American Horology Part ll,...
Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002
LOT 614
Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, PA, No. 539302, Grade 940, expressly made for C.W. Ernsting in 1907.Fine and rare, yellow gold-filled, keyless, Railroad Grade Private Label watch with a Ferguson dial.
USD 3,500 - 4,500
C. Three-piece, glazed back, screwed bezel and back. D. Double-recessed white enamel with inner red Arabic numerals, outer mi-nute ring with five-minute large Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hour and red minute "Double Swell Spade" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, two-tone, full plate, elaborately damascened, partially gold washed, 21 jewels, the top ones in screwed gold settings, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguetalance spring, Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator, safety pinion, lever-set.Signed on dial and movement, dial also signed "Ferguson Dial Patented for Hamilton Watch".Diam. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 12 - 01 |