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Z568. Waltham Crescent Street Hunter Railroad Watch in Multi-colored Gold Filled Case! Wow, check this watch out! The movement is fully railroad grade at the time it was made in 1892, with 15 jewels, lever set, micrometer regulator, marked adjusted, and is marked "Crescent St." grade. Note the high grade gold jewel settings, gold balance wheel screws, and fancy damasceening. Note also the excellent condition of the movement. This watch has an excellent porcelain dial with fancy matching hands. Dial is excellent with no hairlines or chips. The case is Crescent Keystone gold filled. The case shows some wear but has no brass, and has multicolored gold applied to both sides! The cover opens to just a tad over 90 degrees, and closes and latches properly. The case has a couple tiny, tiny indentations that I mention only for the sake of completeness. This case is certainly the correct age for this watch, and may be original for the movement. I can see a hint of an extra screw mark, but it is so faint that I tend to think this is the original case. Nice piece! $495 |
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Z312. Rare, Original, High-Grade Ingersoll Trenton. Ingersoll made millions of low cost "dollar watches", but advanced collectors know they also made a very small number of high grade timepieces, like this 19 jewel brigde model pocket watch. This is a 16 size watch (case diameter 49 mm), pendant set, and is marked Adjusted on the barrel bridge, and Adjusted Five Positions, Tempertature, and Isochronism under the balance. This is a very high grade watch. Movement condition is excellent. Dial is original and double sunk with a single very short hairline just below the seconds bit. Crystal is glass with light scratches. Case is original 20 year gold filled with no brass. To clarify, this case is marked IT (Ingersoll Trenton) in a symbol and is the correct marked original case. This is a rare watch in collector grade condition!! SOLD, 12/26/09 |
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B667. Scarce Waltham Exploded Watch Display! This is an early display unit designed for jewelry store use. The display consists of a 16 size Waltham Riverside movement, completely disassembled and laid out in a glass covered mahogany case. The case measures about 1 1/2" x 8" x 9 1/2". This is in excellent condition. Now, a few minor parts are missing, namely, some of the unset jewels, the regulator, and one other unknown part. The case back does unscrew so you can get inside if you want to replace these, but to be honest, very few people will every notice these few tiny parts because this is already so cool. Although this will be packed very well, one or two small pieces may come loose in shipping, so please understand that you might possibly have to do a little touching up when you receive this. But maybe not! I don't know how many of these were actually made, but they very rarely show up - most are in collections.... $349 |