Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 362

A PAIR OF AMERICAN POCKET WATCHES GOLD A) Waltham, No. 20994088. Made circa 1917. 14K yellow gold hunting-cased pocket watch. B) Hamilton, No. 3011390. Made circa 1940. 14K white gold pocket watch. To be sold without reserve

A) C. Four-body, back with engine turning around a foliate engraving, the front with foliate engraving with monogram center. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 32 mm, nickel, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case signed Solidarity. DIAM. 46 mm. B) C. Three-body, polished, engraved bezels and case band. Hinged 14K gold cuvette with transferred photographs of a young sailer and a dog. D. Brushed textured silver with applied white gold geometric Arabic numerals, engraved dot minutes divisions, subsidiary dial for the seconds with Hamilton signature. Blue steel split arrow hands. M. Cal. 922, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 46 mm.