The Art of American Horology Part ll,...
Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002
LOT 682
Solid Gold "Sangamo Special"Illinois Watch Co., Springfield, Ill., No. 3776550, Grade "Sangamo Special", Model 7, circa 1920.Fine, 14K yellow gold, 23-jewel Railroad watch.
USD 4,000 - 5,000
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, hinged bezel and back, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with bold Arabic numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute dart markers, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Diamond" hands. M. 17 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridges, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, the top ones in screwed raised gold settings, gold wheel train, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, adjusted to temperatures and 6ositions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator, motor barrel, lever-set.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 50 mm.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 - 11 - 22 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-13-18-01 |
Good Slightly damaged Spotted HANDS Original |