Selling Vintage Watches, Old Coins, Estate Jewelry and Clocks at Live Auctions
No Buyer's Premium and No Sales Tax
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
Note: Additional preview time is available at our office by appointment from October 11 through October 27. Please Contact Us to setup an appointment.
Auction Location: Radisson Hotel Manchester 700 Elm St, Manchester NH 03101
Auctioneer's Note: The following is just a preliminary description of what will be sold. The entire catalogue, along with photos of each of the 825+ lots, will be posted by October 9. Please plan to join us for our most exciting auction of 2009.
Entire Catalogue for Oct 31 and Nov 1 Auction
American Pocketwatches will include an American Watch Co Waltham 21J model 1872 "Centennial" grade 16S in 14K rose gold original Margot Brothers HC, another American Watch Co grade 21J (Centennial) HC model 1872 16S (special size case for '72 only) GF OF recase, Waltham 16S 21J American Watch Co grade model 72 s#3127922 in original MB (Margot Bros) 14K rose gold HC with beaded edges, Hamilton "Torpedo Boat Watch" with 56-hour winding indicator, very rare all original Howard s#658, New York Watch Co 18K HC KW, New York Watch Co Fred Billings KW, Scarce 928 Hamilton, Hamilton 938, Hamilton 23J 18S 946, several fine 23J Hamilton 950s, Model 966 Hamilton, Hamilton 14K 991 HC, Hamilton Maiden Lane, Hamilton Traffic Special, Hamilton 994, Hamilton 993, Hamilton Electric Interurban Special, Rockford 18S mvt sgnd Adam Bolendar Scientific watchmaker, fine Howard LS in original 18K, Howard #640 mvt and dial recased, all original Howard #13175, other Early Howard movements, Series 11 Keystone Howard, a dozen boxed Keystones, early Hampden Chester Woolworth, Illinois 18S Hudson, uncarried Illinois 161A, several 21J 60 hr dial marked Illinois, Illinois 18S tu tone mvt, Illinois Delaware gold gilt mvt, Illinois Electric railroad Standard, rare Civil War era Waltham in original engraved case “Abe Lincoln House 1867”, Waltham 18K HC Am Watch Co KW, Waltham chronos with nickel mvts, Waltham and Elgin up/downs in 16S and 18S, Waltham Santa Fe Route, Waltham enameled gold opera watch, 18S 18K all original Waltham KW HC, four gold cased Waltham Maximus, early Appleton Tracy 18K 16S KW, 3/0S miniature Ball watch in gold case, Ball ORC, Dan Patch, and hundreds more American Pocketwatches including box hinge, multicolors, etc.
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European Pocketwatches include Patek Philippe for Tiffany and Co minute repeater, Jean Baptiste Baillon watchmaker to Queen Marie Leczinska and Queen Marie Antoinette multi-color 18K gold and repoussé quarter repeating verge fusee with dumb-striking and bell-striking option lever as well as muting button, Patek Philippe 46mm gold with Grecian key enamel bezels, Swiss minute repeating moon-phase calendar chronograph, Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), "Inventit et Fecit" (literally, "the inventor and maker thereof") 119 High Holborn, A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden quality 1a, A Lange & Sohne in Deutsche Uhren-Fabrikation box quality 1a, A Lange & Sohne, Glashutte bei Dresden in original signed fitted box quality 1a, Ulysse Nardin Locle Switzerland lever chronometer in presentation box, fine and rare D. Gruen & Son large HC, large 18K HC triple calendar moonphase repeater w/chrono, Agassiz 18K for Tiffany and Co, 18K Vacheron and Constantin, rare English KW with George Washington on dial, Jules Jurgensen 18K HC, 18K Robinson verge, rare Swiss two sided watch with calendar, Giles Wales & Co Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland heavy gold fully jeweled minute repeater, and many more as we are constantly updating this collection.
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Wristwatches include a Rolex "orange hand" Oyster Perpetual Date Explorer II ref 1655, Rolex ca 1956 Oyster Perpetual Explorer ref 6610 with extremely rare original white dial, Rolex 18K Oyster Perpetual Date Yachmaster ref 168628, Rolex mid-size Yacht-Master Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified ref 168623, fine Hamilton YGF Reverso, a like new Patek Philippe ref 1493, Patek Philippe & Co 18KYG rectangular with heavy trapezoidal lugs and matching PPCo buckle, two Patek Philippe manual wind ref 1513, Patek Philippe in custom platinum curved case with custom diamond dial for US market, Abercrombie and Fitch Seafarer, Waldan International 18K Chronomètre chronograph, Rolex GMT Master, 14K Omega Seamaster,14K Ulysses chronometer, Universal Geneve auto calendar, Audemars Piquet super thin gold, LeCoultre calendar, 18K Gubelin, LeCoultre auto Master Mariner, LeCoultre wrist alarm, LeCoultre Memo Vox, several doctor’s watches, IWC gold, Rolex Explorer, early Rolex chronometer w/sweep sec, gold and SS Rolex Oyster, solid gold Rolex Perpetual chronometer bubbleback, etc.
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Saturday’s auction presents the opportunity of a lifetime to acquire those hard to find parts that will set you up for life! We will be selling the material from the late Matt Collier’s watch and clock shop and a large amount of material and complete Pocketwatches from Albany, NY. There will be an extensive amount of material and shop tools, along with large quantities of well-organized American and Swiss wrist and pocket watch parts and several thousand PW movements sold in large quantities. You or a representative must be on site to bid and collect your material from Saturday’s auction.
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Accessories include fine Estate Jewelry, Old Coins and Clocks. Please check back soon for more info and photos.
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All items sold without Buyer's Premium or Sales Tax.