Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 44

RGM Watch Company, Lancaster in Pennsylvania, "USS Constellation 1854", Ref. 170, No. 08/25. Produced in a limited edi-tionof 25 examples in 2003 to celebrate the 150-year old history of the Constellationin 2004.Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with an 18K pink gold RGM buckle.Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

USD 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 6,200 - 7,800

Sold: USD 9,775

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, case back with 7 screws and engraved with a compass, domed sapphirecrystal. D. solid silver with embossed refief portrait of the ?USS Constellation? sailship. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 2892-A2,rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, ?guilloché? 18k pink gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1 - 01

Notes

USS ConstellationWas launched in Baltimore on Sept. 7, 1797 and was the first US Navy ship to be baptized ?Constellation?, a reverence to the "newconstellation of stars" on the flag of the new nation. Nicknamed the ?Yankee Racehorse?, the 1,278 ton ship cruised at 14 knots andcombined enormous firepower with speed.In 1853, construction began on a new ?Constellation?, later launched on August 26, 1854 at the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia. It wascommissioned by the US Navy on July 28,1855 and was the last sail ship designed by the Navy before steam propulsion became thestandard power for all new battleships. Designed by John Lenthall, the Navy?s Chief Constructor, it carried a heavier battery of gunsthan conventional sloops and served as a squadron flagship to a training vessel for an entire century before it was restored andinstalled in Baltimore as a monument to America's greatnaval heritage.