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

LOT 668

The Battleship ConnecticutElgin, Illinois, U.S.A., No. 14136693, Grade 337, "G M. Wheeler", circa 1909.Very fine, hunting-cased, 14K gold, keyless watch with an unusual dial.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets" by "Roy", triple-hinged, engine-turned, back centered by monogrammed crest, hinged gold cuvette. D. Pink enamel with painted radial Arabic numerals, gold paillon half-hour star markers, outer minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds, in center picture of a battleship on a gray reserve. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridges, damascened, 17 jewels, the top ones in screwed settings, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance with screws, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Moseley & Hunter micrometric regulator, safety pinion.Signed on dial and movementDiam. 48 mm.