Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 12

"For J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia" H. R. Ekegrén, Geneva, No. 74637, made by Ed. Koehn for J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, in the early 1900s. Fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, monogrammed case back. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 18''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed, case signed J.E. Caldwell. Diam. 49 mm.