The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 665

Battleship ConnecticutElgin National Watch Co., No. 2832711, Grade 108, made circa 1886, sold circa 1910.Fine, 14K yellow gold, keyless watch with a special dial.

USD 2,000 - 2,500

C. Four-body, "bassine" by "Roy", hinged bezel and back, entirely engine-turned, back with a blank crest, hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with 5-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds, in center picture of a battleship. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate, damascened, 15 jewels, the top ones in screwed settings, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with screws, blued steel Breguet balancspring, micrometric regu-lator, safety pinion. Signed on dial and movement, dial also signed "World's Cruise 1908".Diam. 52 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3 - 6*
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

After negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1906 (and winning the Nobel Peace Prize), President Theodore Roosevelt sent the United States battleship fleet around the world. According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica, his motives were "partly to call the attention of the great powers, notably Japan, to the fighting strength of the United States, and partly to dramatize the navy and its needs to the American people." Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet" of 16 battleships and 14,000 men departeHampton Roads, Virginia on December 16, 1907.