The Art of American Horology Part ll,...

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

LOT 701

Brotherhood HampdenHampden Watch Co., No. 1017502, Model 4, "Special Railway", "B of LF", circa 1895.Fine, rose gold-filled, hunting-cased, Railroad Brotherhood watch.

USD 2,000 - 2,500

C. Four-body, "bassine" by "Fahys Montauk", triple-hinged, elaborately engine turned and engraved, band with two rows of reeded beads, hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, double sunk, center painted with a front of a locomotive with tri-colored "B of LF" logo, bold upright Arabic numerals, outer dot minute track with five-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Double-Swell Spade" hands. M. 18 size, nickel, gold-washed, full-plate, wavy and floral damascening, gilded screws17 jewels, the top ones in flush gold settings, lateral lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, "Star wheel" micrometric regulator.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 55mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 13 - 01

Notes

Brotherhood Hampden watches are very rare.The regulator is Dueber's version of C.V. Woerd's patent of Dec 27, 1870, which derived from J. Gordon's patent of Feb 28, 1860.The name Montauk most likely originates from the Montauk Steamboat Company, operators of the New York-New England ferry, and the joint property of George Fahys and Henry F. Cook, his son-in-law.