Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 207

H.R. Ekegrén, Copenhagen, made for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, No. 16284. Produced circa 1870.Fine and early, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K gold and enamel watch.

C. five-body, ?bassine et filets?, solid, both covers decorated with black enamel scrolling, stylized foliage and geometrical pattern, band chased with repeated pattern, gold hinged cuvette. D. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 36 mm, nickel, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, ?Swan-neck? micrometer reguator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 44 mm.