Two-Day Horological Auction
Pocketwatches, Watchmaker’s Material and Old Coins
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 4:00pm
Preview: 1:00pm
– 4:00pm, or earlier by appointment
and
Fine American and European Pocketwatches, Wristwatches, Estate Jewelry, Clocks, etc
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at noon
Preview:
8:00am – 12:00 noon
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Auction Location: Radisson Hotel Manchester 700 Elm St, Manchester NH 03101
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)
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
Waltham 21J model 1892 Crescent St with specially designed railroad dial and unusual solid gold swing-out case, 18S, 10-14K OF SO recase with KK mark, SW-LS, WE-DSD marked "Patent App'd For" with range of minutes from 1 to 60 alternately marked outside and within the chapter, sometimes referred to as the "Railroader" model dial, lever escapement, GJS, fancy patterned NI damascene, s#9518112
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
Ball Waltham ORC (Order of Railway Conductors) 21J Official Standard, 16S, GF OF original SB&B Philadelphia case, SW-LS, WE-SSD with colorful ORC logo, lever escapement, concentric (bull's-eye) pattern NI damascene, GJS, gold center wheel, s#B206291
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
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
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
Scarce early Hampden, New York Watch Co with capped escape wheel serial #6149, 18S, 18K heavy original HC w/ matching serial #6149, marked Golwey, Albany, KWKS from back, WE-SSD, lever escapement w/ compensated balance w/ gold timing weights, could be 15-17J depending on front plate jeweling of 3rd & 4th wheels, gilt 3/4 plate, exceptional find w/ matching case numbers
Howard Series I serial #640, N-S (18S), coin silver OF recase, KWKS, WE-SSD, lever escapement, 15J, gilt, Reed's Patent, Geneva stop-works, pointed tooth escape wheel
Waltham model 1857 pin-plate watch s#8969 cased in hunting case possibly from the estate of Abraham Lincoln, 18S, very heavy coin silver recase with commemorative engraving on back, "Abr Lincoln House 1867," the case signed "FM," KWKS, WE-SSD, lever escapement, 7J, gilt P S Bartlett pin-plate model, s#8969; unfortunately, the case has been home to two other watch mvts in its time, but poses an interesting historical puzzle; one theory is out there about other such items so labeled as coming from, being found in, or being de-accessioned from Abraham Lincoln's home after his death; a further notion could be that such engraved commemoration represents a visit to the house; in either case, it makes the case most interesting, which now houses a period appropriate watch mvt from just before the Civil War; Lincoln had numerous watches, and presented a number of 20-size KW model Walthams during his presidency
American Watch Co grade 21J (Centennial) HC model 1872, 16S (special size case for '72 only), GF OF recase, SW-LS, O'Hara style polychrome enamel dial, fully capped lever escapement, superb NI damascene, GJS, gold train, s#2737318
