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

LOT 633

Waltham, Mass., U.S.A., No. 18037751, Model 1908, Grade "Vanguard", produced in 1910.Very fine and exceptionally rare, 14K green gold-filled, 23-jewel, Railroad Grade watch with a 24-hour winding indicator and black dial

C. Three-piece, "bassine" by "Wadsworth", screwed bezel and back, back engraved with floral pattern D. Triple-sunk, black enamel with white bold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunk, up-and-down indicator at 12 o'clock, sunk subsidiary seconds. "Spade" blued steel hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked ridge, damas-cened, 23 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, gold center wheel, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic com-pensation balance with goldcrews adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Ohlson's patented micrometric regu-lator, lever-set.Signed on dial, case and movementDiam. 51 mm.