$3,795
The Battleship ConnecticutElgin, Illinois, U. S.A., No. 14136693, Grade 337, "G M. Wheeler", circa 1909.Very fine, hunting-cased, 14K gold, keyless watch with an unusual dial. Four-body, "bassine et filets" by "Roy", triple-hinged, engine-turned, back centered by monogrammed crest, hinged gold cuvette. Pink enamel with painted radial Arabic numerals, gold paillon half-hour star markers, outer minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds, in center picture of a battleship on a gray reserve. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 16 size, nickel, 3/4 split plate with mocked bridges, damascened, 17 jewels, the top ones in screwed settings, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensation balance with screws, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, Moseley & Hunter micrometric regulator, safety pinion.Signed on dial and movementDiam. 48 mm. Notes For a note, seeLot 665.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-12-04
