Waltham. A fine and very rare 18K gold hunter cased watch with Charles van der Woerd's patent balance
Lot sold
USD 10 000 - 15 000
Estimate
USD 10 000 - 15 000
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Lot number1228
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Location
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Watch typePocket watch
Description
American Watch Co., No. 999966, signed on case and movement, "Woerd's Patent Compensating Balance"
21-jewel M1872 16-size elaborately damascened nickel ¾ plate adjusted movement, jewels in gold settings, lever set, gold train and escape wheel, counterpoised escapement, Woerd's "sawtooth" balance capped with gold dome, blued overcoiled spring, tadpole regulator, gold cuvette signed "Charles van der Woerd's Patent Compensating Balance", white enamel dial with three line signature, roman chapters, blued breguet hands, engine turned A. W. Co. case
52mm, 135.7 grams

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