
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
A Group of 13 American and Swiss Pocket Watches Second Half 19th & First Quarter 20th Century
No reserve
Lot Closed
February 10, 05:05 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Various Artists
A Group of 13 American and Swiss Pocket Watches
Second Half 19th & First Quarter 20th Century
• Comprising:
Two Elgin gold filled Railroad-type open-faced watches, each with an enamel dial, bold Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds • Gun metal lady's fob watch with cylinder escapement, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, filigree hands • Gold plated lady's Elgin open-faced lever watch, no.15944486, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, subsidiary seconds, gold filled case, engine-turned back centred with monogrammed cartouche • Howard open-faced keyless lever watch, damascened movement, lever escapement, 17 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, marked Pat'd '12, signed and numbered E. Howard Watch co. Boston, 1299092, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, subsidiary seconds, monogram to back • Lady's 14ct gold Waltham hunting cased watch, no.16787971, lever escapement, 15 jewels, white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, 14ct gold case stamped Philadelphia Case Co., numbered 5256552 and with German control marks, sunray engine turned decoration, monogrammed cartouche to front •
Lady's 14ct gold Swiss hunting cased watch, cylinder escapement, plain balance, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, flower-form scalloped 14ct gold case with Swiss control marks, cuvette numbered 37935 • Gold filled Illinois 'The Marquis Autocrat', lever escapement, decoratively engraved plates, 19 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, numbered 4269776, silvered dial, Arabic numerals, ribbed centred with commemorative engraving dated 1928, gold filled case with ribbed decoration to back, stamped Keystone, 14ct gold filled, presentation inscription to inside back • Lady's gold plated Waltham hunting cased watch, lever escapement, numbered 16354955, 15 jewels, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gold plated case decorated with birds and flowers • New York Standard Watch Co. nickel watch, gilt three-quarter plate lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, numbered 33445, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, glazed to front and back • Agassiz open-faced lever watch with up-and-down, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, cam-form precision regulation, numbered 226862, silvered 24-hour dial with up-and-down indication, Arabic numerals, outer ring for centre seconds, steel bassine-form case, plain polished cuvette • Illinois Watch Co., hunting cased watch numbered 506316, white enamel dial • Waltham/Appleton Trary & Co., open-faced nickel watch numbered 15004257, white enamel dial Arabic numerals, nickel case glazed both sides
Elgin Railroad watches: 50mm diameter
Elgin lady's gold plated: 32mm
Lady's gun metal: 28mm
Howard diameter: 46mm
Waltham lady's hunter: 35mm
Lady's Swiss cylinder: 35mm
Illinois: 44.5mm
Waltham gold plated: 36mm
New York: 53mm
Agassiz: 53mm
Illinois hunter: 55.5mm
Waltham/Appleton: 52mm