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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 729

Waltham, Mass., No. 3171390, Model 1883, "A.T. & Co." Grade, made in 1887.Fine and rare, yellow gold filled, keyless watch with an unusual Lehigh Railroad dial.

USD 2,300 - 2,800

C. Three-piece, "bassine", screw back and bezel, using J. Boss patent, decorated with geometrical patterns. D. White enamel, double-sunk, Arabic numerals, outer minute track with five-minute red Arabic markers, center painted with Lehigh Valley Railroad logo. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 18 size, frosted gilt, full plate, 15 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic com-pensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, Church type I patented (No. 312,253) micrometrc regulator, safety pinion, pendant-set.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 54 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 13 - 01

Notes

Lehigh Valley Railroad was created in 1891 and was a sister line to the Baltimore Railroad Company. By 1893 financial problems forced the B&L to split into separate entities: The York Southern Railroad and a new Baltimore & Lehigh Railway Company.