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  American Pocketwatches

To be Put to Auction Oct 23 and Oct 24, 2010

Auction Location: Radisson Hotel Manchester  700 Elm St, Manchester NH 03101

The entire catalog will be posted by the end of September. Click on the photo thumbnails below to make them bigger.      

• Columbus Watch Co, superb multi-color gold box hinged hunter with horse portrait, 3-color gold appliques set with diamonds, 18S, very heavy 14K recased HC, SW-LS, WE-SSD, lever escapement, 15J, simple concentric pattern NI damascene, s#131252, with 16 inch gold double-Albert chain & locket fob; gross weight of watch alone is 101.5 dwt (157.6 g), chain & fob alone weigh 15.8 dwt (24.6 g); 1892 presentation on solid gold cuvette with matching monogram in shield ,   Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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• E Howard & Co, Boston, series VIII split-plate adjusted grade, N-S (just over 19S), heavy 18K OF original Blauer open hunting case, SW-SS, WE-DSD, lever escapement, GJS, 17J, fine parquet pattern NI damascene center with radiant surround, s#309219, total production only 1000 of this model ,   Estimate: $2,000 - $2,600
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• E Howard & Co, Boston, series VII split-plate adjusted grade, N-S (just over 19S), 14K original EH&Co HC, SW-SS, WE-DSD, lever escapement, GJS, 17J, radiant pattern NI damascene, s#229063, total production 3000 of this model ,   Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200
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• Rare and historically important colonial American English contract fusee for Garven Brown, Boston, 50mm, coin silver OF original pair cases bearing London hallmarks for 1761, KWKS, WED signed, "Brown, Boston," poker & beetle hands, verge escapement, gilt mvt with pierced & engraved foliate scrolled balance cock with finely pierced arcaded borders, s#202; while the majority of watches in the English colonies were imported from England, very few ever bear the contract for an American maker, let alone signed dial; these are the only watches that can be identified with certainty as having been on American soil before the American Revolution, Boston being among the most important locations for Revolutionary activity; such watches were only property of the wealthy at that time, so this watch probably came close to some very distiguished colonists, if not founding fathers ,   Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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• Gruen 21J 50th Anniversary Watch s#273 with gold mvt, Swiss made for US market, 12S, heavy 18KWG pentagonal form OF original snap-B&B case, SW-SS, finely engraved & decorated gilt dial with applied gold numerals, fully capped lever escapement with eight adjustments, DES on escape and balance, extensively engraved solid rose gold plates marked "Extra Precision," in very fine condition throughout, total production 650, one for each month of the 50 years and a separately numbered series of one for each year ,   Estimate: $3,500 - $5,500
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• Waltham gold hunter, fob & chain, 18S, 14K original Roy HC with gold cuvette & weighted band, SW-LS, WE-SSD, 7J, s#15740649, gross weight of tab-marked 14K chain & fob alone is 44.8 dwt (69.6 g), bales & spring clips are lower karat ,   Estimate: $1,950 - $2,450
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• E Howard & Co, Boston, series IV, N-S (just over 19S), heavy 18K WP&Co (Wheeler Parsons & Co) OF original or model specific case, KWKS, WE-SSD with patent signature, lever escapement, 15J, gilt mvt, s#35619 ,   Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
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• E Howard & Co, Boston, series III, N-S (just over 19S), heavy 14-16K CEH&Co (Charles E Hale & Co) original HC, KWKS, WE-SSD, lever escapement with standard adjustable pin banking near balance, 15J, gilt mvt, s#7785 ,   Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
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