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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 266

Tiffany & Co., New York, No. 18165. Made circa 1885. Fine and rare, keyless, 18K pink gold pocket watch.

USD 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,500 - 4,000

C. Four-body, "bassine" polished, box-hinged bezel, hinged case back with applied monogram, hinged gold cuvette with inscription dated 1885. D. Frosted gilt, blue painted Gothic style radial Arabic numerals, outer blue dot minute divisions. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal.16''', maillechort, "fausses cotes" decoration, 19 jewels, 4 of them in screwed gold châtons, straight line calibrated and counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, ?Wilmot?s? patented cam micrometer regulator. Case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Hon. Chauncey Mitchell DePew (1834-1929) After Graduating from Yale in 1856 with high honors, he was admitted to the bar. Depew First gained fame as an orator while campaigning for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He was elected Secretary of State in 1863. After his very impressive political career, he became counsel for the New York Central Railroad in 1875 and served as president of this Railroad until 1898. He then moved on to become chairman of the board of directors of the Vanderbilt system of railroads. In 1898, Depew was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from New York. It is also noteworthy that he spoke at the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. A posthumously endowed chair at George Washington University is known as the Chauncey M. Depew Professor of Communication.