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

LOT 660

Elgin, No. 15421394, B.W. Reymond, "Burlington Route", Grade 370, circa 1910.Fine, yellow gold-filled, keyless, Railroad Grade watch with a rare Montgomery dial.

USD 4,000 - 5,000

C. Three-piece, "bassine", screw back and bezel, bezels chased with foliate pattern, polished band. D. White enamel, overglazed, bold Arabic numerals, outer minute dot numerals with one-minute Arabic markers (5-minutes in red), sunk sub-seconds, center with "Burling-ton Route" on black background with red frame. Blued steel "Heavy Spade" hands. M. 16 size, half-plate, nickel, 17 jewels, adjusted to 5 positions, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compen-sation balance with gold screwsblued steel Breguet balance spring, Meseley & Hunter patented (No. 157,021) micrometric regulator, safety motor barrel. Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 49mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, the official name of the Burlington Route, was founded in 1849 in Aurora, Illinois.By 1864, the railroad owned 400 miles of track, all in Illinois. The com-pany expanded quickly and reached Denver in 1882.Burlington operated the first printing telegraph in 1910, and in 1915 was the first railroad to use train radio