$5,060
Hiram Watch Inc. , USA, No. 191, movement by WalthamNo. 22331813, circa 1923.Fine and rare, 14K gold keyless triangular Masonic watch in original leather fitted box. gold painted in dark blue, gold Masonic symbols for the numerals, outer minute track. Gold paste-set arrow hands. Notes The watch is based on a design patented in the USA on July 24, 1923, by George J. Keller of Newark, NJ. He made very few of them. Two years later Theophile Schwab Loeillet from Geneva (Tempor Watch Co), patented a similar design and made silver watches which successfully competed with Keller's.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-12-04