A patent model made from a model 1857 18 size Waltham watch
Lot sold
USD 5 000 - 7 000
Estimate
USD 5 000 - 7 000
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Lot number1269
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Location
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Watch typePocket watch
Description
Made by Vitalis K. Himmer, Brooklyn NY, 1869 using Home Watch Co., No. 321693
Demonstrating an improvement to patent 86751 of 9 Feb 1869..."to simplify the winding attachment...to make both the setting and winding-attachments controllable by the stem of the watch, and to prevent the closing of the case in hunting case watches, as long as the setting-attachment is in gear..."
60mm

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