Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 284

"Ventura Electric" Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, "Ventura Electric", No. SO 23573. Made circa 1960. Fine and unusual, triangular asymmetrical, center seconds, 14K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with electrically- driven balance.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stylized asymmetrical stepped lugs. D. Black with applied yellow gold conical round indexes and electrical symbol at the center. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands, red arrow for the seconds. M. Cal. 12 1/2''', 12 jewels, 18000 half-swings of the electrodynamically-driven balance per hour, battery energy source. Dial and case signed. Dim. 45 x 32 mm. Thickness 12 mm.