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Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 4:00 pm Eastern Time
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• 451 APW - American Watch Co, Waltham, 21J model 1872 "Centennial" grade, 16S (special size for model 1872), 14K rose gold original MB (Margot Brothers) HC with beaded edges & chain-guard bow, SW-LS, WE-SSD with original top grade Gothic AWWCo signed dial, fully capped lever escapement, GJS, gold train, superb quilted pattern fancy NI damascene, fine rose-turned winding wheels, s#3127922; the present example from a 17J listed run out of which a few mvts were selected for top grade finishing; watches of this type were displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, hence the popular reference to "Centennial model" generally applies; those examples actually on display in 1876 could be called true "Centennial" watches, whereas this example was produced in the early 1880's
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  This Lot Sold On 11/1/2009 For $6,000
  
• 452 APW - Hamilton "Torpedo Boat Watch" with 56-hour winding indicator, 36S, 69mm massive sterling silver OF original CWCCo case with "USSB 412" marking on back within rings, SW-pin-set, refinished silvered dial, lever escapement, 21J, 5 positions adjusted, motor barrel, double roller, GJS, parallel pattern NI damascene on upper plates with tight helix pattern damascene on dial plate, s#1260113
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• 453 APW - Howard Series I serial #658, N-S (18S), coin silver EH&Co stamped original case #2157 (contractor's production #), KWKS, WE-SSD, lever escapement, 15J, gilt, with universal key
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• 454 APW - Waltham Watch Co massive 14K gold box hinged open hunter with equally massive matching 14K gold box link chain, 18S, very heavy gauge OF original case with hunting bezel and decorative inner finishing bezel, SW-LS, WE-DSD, lever escapement, 11-15J, gilt Appleton Tracy & Co model 1879, s#1727259, chain weighs 45.5 dwt (70.8 g), case weighs 60.5 dwt gross (94.1 g) together with its relatively thin crystal & springs, closing in on 5 troy ounces of net gold together
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• 455 APW - Waltham model 1888 Royal in superb multi-color 18K gold equestrian case, 16S (special size for M88), warranted US assay 18K solid gold original HC with diamond-decorated multi-color gold relief bust of racehorses with diamond eyes running neck-and-neck, or within a nose of each other, with horseshoe applique surround in relief, the horses engraved in taille douce for highly realistic effect, the front cover with multicolor gold applique surround of applied escutcheon, framed by an engraved horseshoe, SW-SS, WE-SSD, lever escapement, 15J, fancy circular pattern damascene, s#5598631
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• 456 APW - Illinois 23J 60 hour Elinvar grade 163 Bunn Special with rare dial, 16S, GF OF original Bunn Special Model 108 SB&B case, SW-LS, desirable WE-DSD with full marking, "Illinois 23J Bunn Special 60 Hour 6 Positions," lever escapement with uncut Elinvar balance and blued steel HS, Elinvar marking on cock, GJS, gold train, radiant checkered pattern (sunburst) NI damascene, red lettering, s#5421254
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• 457 APW - United States Watch Co, Marion NJ, 18S, 18K original hunting case with USWCo logos, SW-button-set, WE-SSD, lever escapement visible through butterfly cutout, 11-15J, gilt Edwin Rollo grade, s#6790, with 14K fancy engraved link gold chain and possibly lower carat locket fob, total weight of chain & locket alone is 35.9 dwt (55.9 g)
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• 458 APW - Waltham scarce Lugrin's patent double dial chronograph with conversion dial for sidewinder format, 14S model 1874, coin silver OF original American Waltham case with glazed cuvette for viewing back, fine engraving of racehorse trotter pulling jockey on sulky on back, SW-LS, WE-SSD with seconds at 9 and WE chronograph dial ring, lever escapement, 16J, GJS, fancy NI damascene, s#1378547
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• 459 APW - American Watch Co grade Waltham 19J KW model 1860, 16S, nicely fitted in coin silver English recase bearing London hallmarks for 1828, KWKS, WE-SSD, lever escapement with capped escape wheel and bimetallic expansion balance, 19J, gilt 3/4 plate, s#55106, from the fourth lot of 16S KW model Waltham mvts, a lot of assorted balance grades, listed as 15-17J in the catalog but containing a small number of other known 19J grade exceptions; the jewel count has been confirmed by disassembly
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• 460 APW - Spectacular 21J American Watch Company grade model 1888 Waltham in rare rose gold case with O'Hara dial, approximately 16S (unique size to model 1888), very heavy 14K OF original case with continuous parallel fluted and ET alternate ribbing, SW-SS, WED by O'Hara with polychrome enamel and gold foil decoration including painting of bleeding hearts flowers in center, lever escapement, 21J, GJS, DES for balance, pallet & escape wheel, gold train, highly ornate patterned NI damascene, s#7000526, the 26th OF mvt from the second of two lots of 500 each labeled in the Waltham catalog as "Special," (the first lot was hunting starting with 7000001); with 14K gold chain weighing 10.4 dwt (16.1 g), ca 1895
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• 461 APW - Longines "American Standard" for American market in massive and exquisite box hinge 18K HC, 52mm (approximately 18S), 18K massively constructed rose gold original case with glazed cuvette in addition to solid gold dust cover, SW-LS, WE-SSD, fully capped lever escapement, 20J, GJS and gold regulator scale, marked "Adjusted," early Longines logo on balance cock, marked "American Standard" on mvt & dial, s#50786, classic St Imier style manufacture of the early 1870's, presented in 1880, matching serial number on case & mvt, exquisite taille-douce engraving of band, hinges & bezels
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• 462 APW - Waltham American Watch Co grade 19J model 1888 with Gothic dial, 16S (specialty size for M88), 14K warranted US assay original Roy HC, SW-SS, WE-SSD with model specific AWWCo Gothic script, lever escapement, 19J, GJS, gold train, elaborate fancy detailed radiant pattern damascene with arcaded border, s#6500737
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• 463 APW - Howard Watch Co Series IV with scarce transitional dial, N-S (approximately 18S), heavy 14K original WWCCo case, factory converted from HC to OF, creating spring loaded bezel with reflector ring instead of cover with inner bezel, SW-SS, WE-SSD with seconds at 3 and circular signature at 9, allowing transition from HC model to OF, lever escapement, 15J, gilt mvt, GJS, s#49105
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• 464 EPW - Patek Philippe Extra grade minute repeater for Tiffany and Co, 46mm, 18K OF original Swiss case & mvt both marked "Made for Tiffany & Co by Patek Philippe & Co, Switzerland," SW-SS, original gilt dial marked "Tiffany & Co" and "Switzerland," repeat activation by slide, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, fully jeweled repeat train, 31J with 8 adjustments, parallel pattern NI damascene, s#174740, back with rhombohedral monogram
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• 466 EPW - Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, large gold hunter for L M Lilpop, Purveyor to his (or her) Majesty, Warsaw, Poland, 53mm, 14K original Swiss case with Swiss touchmarks and circular Patek signature on cuvette, with Lilpop contract in French, SW-SS, WED, lever escapement with capped escape wheel & moustached counterpoised pallet, 18J, gilt bridge model, s#127554, triple signed
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• 467 EPW - Patek Philippe & Cie oversized Chronometro Godolo, for Gondolo & Labourian, Rio-de-Janeiro, 56mm, 18K OF original Patek case with logos & circular cuvette signature, SW-SS, WED, fully capped lever escapement with moustache counterpoised pallet, 20J, gold train, gilt bridge mvt, s#140147, fully signed
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• 468 EPW - Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneva, 45mm, 18K OF original Patek case with logo marks and circular cuvette signature, SW-SS, gilt metal dial, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, 18J, NI, s#804518, fully signed
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• 469 EPW - Patek Philippe made for Shreve, Crump & Low Co, Boston MA, 52mm, 18K original US Market JS HC with Shreve signature on cuvette, SW-SS, unmarked original WED, lever escapement, 18J, adjusted grade, s#114968, mvt with both Patek & Shreve signatures, cuvette engraved for William M Murphy
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• 470 EPW - Patek Philippe & Co, Geneve, ref 600/2, 45mm, 18K OF original Patek Philippe case, SW-SS, original silvered dial with raised applied numerals, lever escapement, 18J, plain parallel pattern NI damascene, s#882161
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• 471 EPW - Patek Philippe mvt custom-cased in platinum with custom diamond dial, 40mm, American 90% platinum 10% iridium case, SW-SS, dial refinished with applied platinum & diamond-set numerals, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, 18J, NI Patek curved bridge model OF mvt from the late 1890's set in a nicely enameled sizing ring, s#100051; probably customized at some point in the Art Deco period, dial refinished recently
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• 472 EPW - Patek Philippe dress watch in much older Patek box for hunter or side-winder with its certificate for watch #32895, with 2 chain fragments (one gold), 45mm, 18K OF original Patek keyed snap-back case, SW-SS, silvered dial, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, 18J, plain parallel pattern NI damascene, s#881315, triple signed
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• 473 EPW - Patek Philippe, Geneve, in original box, 49mm, 18K OF original PP&Co logo case with full Patek signature on gold cuvette, SW-SS, original gilt dial, lever escapement with moustache counterpoised pallet, 16J, gilt curved bridge model, s#195421
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• 474 EPW - Patek Philippe, Geneve, 45mm, 18K original snap-back case, SW-SS, cleaned & refinished silvered dial, lever escapement with capped escape wheel, 18J, parallel pattern NI damascene, s#804533
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• 475 EPW - Patek Philippe & Co contract for Tiffany & Co, 40mm, 18K original HC, early SW-SS system, WED w/ central decoration, fully capped lever escapement, probably 18-19J, gilt bridge mvt, wolf's tooth winding, s#25116, a very early stem-winding example, signed by both parties on cuvette in elegant style
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• 476 EPW - A Lange & Sohne in Deutsche Uhren-Fabrikation box, quality 1a (Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel, 51mm, 18K OF original case with Lange signature in garter logo, gold cuvette with signature, "Martin Halbkram, Hof-Uhrmacher [master watchmaker] Wien," SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully capped lever escapement with single pin banking, 20J, top grade produced, s#42950, in near mint condition overall, with near mint associated period box with spare mainspring & crystal for a DUF grade hunter
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• 477 EPW - A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, in original signed fitted box, quality 1a (Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel, 55mm, heavy 18K OF original case with Lange signature in garter logo, gold cuvette, SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully capped lever escapement with single pin banking, 20J, top grade produced, s#63104, in excellent condition overall, the box with empty recesses for spare mainspring & crystal
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• 478 EPW - A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, 50mm, 18K original HC, SW with Lange's special lever setting feature - one shifts the lever towards the pendant where it locks and sets, one then pushes in the crown to unlock and return to winding mode, WED, lever escapement with gold pallet and Lange single pin banking, 15J, gilt, quality 1b (sapphire endstone), s#18871, with original box and bi-lingual warrantee, complete with spare mainspring & crystal, fully signed dial & mvt, European contract case marked .750 only with matching numbers to mvt
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• 479 EPW - A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden, quality 1a (Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel, 49mm, 18K OF original case with Lange signature in garter logo, gold cuvette, SW-pin-set, signed WED, fully capped lever escapement with single pin banking, 20J, top grade produced, s#34157, in associated box from Marenzeller in Wien
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• 480 EPW - Early Adolf Lange bridge model KW, quality 1b (ruby endstone), 51mm, English market hallmarked coin silver OF original or custom case w/ matching serial number, KWKS, WED, lever escapement, probably 15J, gilt, s#3289
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• 481 EPW - Movement and dial only - Adolph Lange, Dresden, gilt 1a quality, DES, GJS, WED, HC mvt, s#9928, 43.7mm exact dial plate diameter, signed dial & mvt
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• 482 EPW - Glashutter Uhrenfabrik Union, quality 2a (Herkner system) with DES, GJS, gold pallet & escape wheel, 56mm, very heavy 18K OF original case with Uhrenfabrik Union signature, gold cuvette in addition to glazed dust-cover, SW-pin-set, signed WE-DSD, fully capped lever escapement with single pin banking, 20J, top grade produced under Uhrenfabrik Union name, s#43345, in excellent condition overall with associated Deutsche Uhren-Fabrikation box for oversized watch, the spare parts recesses now empty, and with further associated A Lange & Sohne certificate for watch #46975
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  This Lot Sold On 11/1/2009 For $10,500
  
• 483 EPW - Glashutter Prazisions-Uhren-Fabrik Aktien Gesellschaft, quality 2b (Herkner), 55mm, heavy Louis XV style (long step-pendant) 14K plain polished original HC, SW-shift-LS, WE-DSD, lever escapement with gold pallet & escape wheel, single-pin banking, 16J, gilt 3/4 plate mvt, s#100874, in near mint to mint condition throughout, recently overhauled
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• 484 EPW - Giles Wales & Co, Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, heavy gold fully jeweled minute repeater, 57mm, quite massive 18K original case with GW&Co mark and hallmark, SW-button-set, WED, fully capped lever escapement, fully jeweled repeat train, probably 33J, GJS, gold train, plain parallel pattern NI damascene, wolf's tooth winding, s#10056
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• 485 EPW - Conrad Felsing, Berlin, high grade quarter repeater, nickel bridge mvt with parallel pattern damascene, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised pallet, compensation balance with Breguet hairspring, 32 ruby jewels, jeweled through hammers, unmarked LeCoultre contract ebauche, slide activated, heavy 18K original plain polished HC, SW-LS, WED, fully capped lever escapement, gold hands, s#43683
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• 486 EPW - Jean Baptiste Baillon, after 1751, watchmaker to Queen Marie Leczinska and Queen Marie Antoinette, elegant multi-color gold and repousse quarter repeating verge fusee with dumb-striking and bell-striking option lever as well as muting button, 46mm, 18K OF original consular case, KWKS, WED w/ expert restoration, verge escapement, finely gilt plates, pierced foliate scrolled two-footed balance bridge, rose-cut diamond-set hands, without serial number; Britten's notes that Baillon did an extensive trade and was "the richest watchmaker in Europe," and examples of his work may be found in the Victoria & Albert museum as well as others
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• 487 EPW - Jules Jurgensen five-minute repeating gold watch, 45mm, 18K OF original case with hinged glazed cuvette and factory signature, SW-bow-set by pressing bow towards open back, WED, fully capped lever escapement, fully jeweled repeat train, probably 28-32J, NI bridge mvt, GJS, s#13498 with matching case number
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• 488 EPW - Large Fleurier-style duplex enameled watch for Chinese market, the elaborately engraved mechanism with standard English duplex escapement, the gilt metal case with polychrome enamel painting of mother and daughter collecting flowers over a basse-taille translucent enamel field, 59mm, OF original case with split pearl paved borders, pendant & bow, bearing fake hallmarks for London 18K gold, KWKS, WED, probably 6J, s#10725 inside cuvette only, late 19th century
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• 489 EPW - Pierre Le Roy, Paris (active 1765-1789), multicolor gold cased with tortoise shell pique glazed outer, verge fusee 1/4 hour repeating on bell, 46mm, 18K OF original consular inner case with piercing for bell tone and heavy multi-color gold appliques creating repousse effect, gilt brass original outer with tortoise shell pique decoration and glazed back, KWKS, WED, fine gold hands, verge escapement, gilt mvt with pierced foliate scrolled balance bridge, s#7227; this Pierre Le Roy, perhaps a relative at some level, worked at rue St Martin, and is not to be confused with his eminent contemporary of the same name who was son of Julien; of course, as a note of interest, the son of Julien continued to honor his father by signing Julien's name to his own watches, so a Pierre Le Roy signature on a verge of this period is in general almost certain to indicate this maker on rue St Martin; it is still fun to note that it was Julien who designed this very form of French repeating mechanism, used by this maker of the same name as his son
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• 490 EPW - Scarce gold cabriolet pair-cased duplex fusee signed B J Warner, Royal Poytechnic Institution, Regent St, London, convertible from hunting case to open face by turning over the inner case within the heavy outer, 55mm, 18K HC-OF convertible original case signed E&D Kinsey, Cincinnati, O #2090, KWKS, WED, capped duplex escapement, probably 12J, gilt 3/4 plate, DES, s#2090 on mvt as well; in HC format, the bezel is magnificently engraved and the inside cover has very fine ET decoration
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• 491 EPW - Swiss minute repeating moon-phase calendar chronograph, 55mm, 18K heavy original HC w/ glazed cuvette in addition to gold dust-cover with remant couple's portraits in floated emulsion within engraved escutcheons, SW-LS, WED w/ apertures & sub-dials, lever escapement, probably 25J as the repeat train is unjeweled on the dial plate, NI, higher grade governor wag system, s#10788, slide-activated minute repeating on two gongs, simple day-date-month-moon-phase calendar w/ advancing levers through bezel, simple stop-start-return chronograph activated by button on band
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• 492 EPW - Swiss quarter-repeating moon-phase calendar chronograph for German & Russian markets, 60mm, 14K & 56 zolotnik marked original HC with gold cuvette in addition to glazed dust cover, SW-LS, levers for advancing calendar functions, single button chronograph activation, push for repeat activation, WED with aperture for lunar phases, lever escapement, 15-17J, gilt mvt, s#102872 on case only
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• 493 EPW - Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), "Inventit et Fecit" (literally, "the inventor and maker thereof") 119 High Holborn, London, fusee pocket chronometer with Earnshaw spring detent escapement, 55mm, coin silver OF original or purpose ordered naval duty consular case bearing London hallmarks for either 1809 or 1829 (marks obscured and indicating the date the case order was filled, not the date of manufacture of the mvt), KWKS, WED with identical signature & number, gilt full-plate mvt with DES, flat HS with long-rising overcoil, s#4719; this is an example from the original manufacturer of Earnshaw's improved pocket & ship's chronometer escapement with expansion balance that became the standard for all fusee chronometers for the remainder of the century (including the Hamilton in the 20th); while Harrison is credited with his invention of the marine chronometer, his invention was impractical, being a verge escapement with cycloidal -faced pallets and requiring a remontoir for supplying constant spring pressure, a difficult if not impossible thing to mass produce; Arnold & Earnshaw came up with slightly different practical designs at about the same time, and there was controversy about who came up with whose design first; what is not controversial is that the Arnold escapement did not work as well, and many Arnold watches were subsequently converted to Earnshaw escapements; by the time of J R Arnold, the son, all such Arnold products were manufactured with Earnshaw escapements
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• 494 EPW - Touchon & Co, Geneva, minute repeater with slide activation, 47mm, 14K original Swiss HC with Swiss touchmarks, SW-LS, WED, lever escapementwith capped escape wheel, fully jeweled mvt including governor & hammers, 24-30J, NI damascene bridge model in LeCoultre style, s#26220
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