The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 650

American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass. No. 7041283, Model 1883, Grade "A.T.& Co", made for Lehigh Valley railroad, retailed by their representative W.F. Staley's, Pittston, PA, circa 1897.Fine and rare, keyless, rose gold-filled railroad watch with a special dial.

USD 3,500 - 4,500

C. Three-piece, screw back and bezel, back engraved with a train in motion, vermicelli band and bezels. D. double-sunk white enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with 5-minute red Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds, in center a red flag signed "L.V." (Lehigh Valley). Pierced blued steel hands. M. 18 size, two-tone brass, full plate, elaborately damascened, nickel washed, 17 jewels, the top ones in screwed gold settings, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance withgold screws, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Church Type 1 micrometric regulator.Signed on dial, case and movementDiam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 13 - 01

Notes

The watch is a rare Railroad model and also features an unusual two-tone movement with a brass base, which is gilded, nickel-plated, and double damascened.Lehigh Valley RailroadWas created in 1891. It was a sister line to Baltimore Railroad Company. By 1893, however, financial problems forced the B&L to split into separate entities: The York Southern Railroad and a new Baltimore & Lehigh Railway Company. In the years that followed, both railroads standard gauged