The Art of American Horology Part ll,...
Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002
LOT 690
Illinois Watch Co., Springfield, Illinois, No. 4628690, 13th Model, "Sangamo Special", circa 1926.Very fine, 14K white gold, 23-jewel Railroad watch.
USD 5,500 - 6,500
C. Four-body, by "Wadsworth", hinged and stepped bezel and back, band decorated with repeated pattern, hinged cuvette with inscription. D. White enamel, double-sunk with painted bold Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Diamond" hands. M. 17 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridges, lever-set, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels in screwed raised gold settings, gold wheel train, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with god screws adjusted to temperature and 6 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Reed's patented whiplash micrometric regulator, motor barrel.Signed on dial and movement, case signed "Sangamo Special", movement engraved "D.R.".Diam. 50 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 - 10 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 13 - 01 |