Frank Sinatra’s Wristwatch and Gold Chain-Necklace

Frank Sinatra’s Wristwatch and Gold Chain-Necklace. Gruen, Very-Thin, Precision, Swiss, No. 915466, case No. 111126. Made in 1944. Fine 14K pink gold wristwatch with a pink gold-plated brick link bracelet. Accompanied by a 49 cm. gold-plated chain with 12 letter-links spelling “Frank Sinatra.” Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, case back engraved: To Al “Flight over America” Frank Sinatra – Hollywood - 1945. Matte silver with applied pink gold Roman numerals, baton and round indexes, sunk subsidiary seconds dial, outer minute track. Pink gold epee hands. Notes Al Silvani received both the watch and the chain of the present lot as a gift from Frank Sinatra, his close personal friend. The engraving on the back of the watch reads “To Al ‘Flight over America’ Frank Sinatra Hollywood 1945. The name Frank Sinatra is spelled out vertcally by the links of the chain. Provenance: From the Estate of Al Silvani. Frank Sinatra Francis Albert ‘Frank’ Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1954 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ‘From Here to Eternity.’ He also starred in such musicals as ‘High Society,’ ‘Guys and Dolls’ and ‘On the Town.’ Sinatra was the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Tru