SKINNER presents a Gallery Walk

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Two 16 Size Hamilton 21-Jewel Open Face Watches, Hamilton
Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, No. 1280681 and C106400,
the first, a Model 992 with bold Arabic numeral double-sunk dial
marked Hamilton, three-quarter-plate damascened nickel stem-wind,
lever-set movement marked with maker, serial number, model and
21 Jewels all in a Hamilton Railroad Model 10kt gold-filled case, the
last, a Model 992B with enameled Arabic numeral sunk seconds dial
marked Hamilton and individually marked minutes around the perimeter,
stem-wind, lever-set three-quarter-plate nickel damascened movement
marked Hamilton Watch Co. U.S.A., Adjusted Temp and 6 Positions,
21 Jewels, model number and C106400, all in a Hamilton Watch
Company 10kt gold-filled case.
$200-300
277.
Four Waltham Watches, late 19th early 20th century, including two
octagonal Art Deco white gold-filled cases, silvered Arabic numeral
dials, stem-wind and set movements marked by maker, both 43 mm,
and two gold-filled hunter cased watches with engine-turned and
engraved cases, one with Arabic numeral dial marked American Watch
Company and movement marked by maker and Riverside, the last a
15-jewel stem-wind and set movement with Roman numeral enameled
dial marked Waltham.
$300-500
278.
Waltham Crescent Street 16 Size 21-Jewel Watch, Waltham Watch
Company, No. 20,130,966 enameled triple-sunk Arabic numeral dial
with UP-DOWN indicator at 12 o’clock position, seconds at 6, 60
minutes indicated in Arabic numerals in black and red at five minute
intervals, nickel damascened lever-set movement marked Crescent
St. Waltham, Mass., 21 Jewels and serial number as above, gold-set
jewels and exposed winding wheels, all in a Keystone 10kt rolled gold
open face case.
$200-400
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279.
Hamilton 16 Size 21-Jewel “Railway Special” Watch, Hamilton
Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, No. 833,440, enamel
double-sunk dial marked Hamilton Railway Special, bold Arabic numeral
hours and individually indicated minutes shown in red at five minute
intervals, three-quarter nickel damascened plate lever-set model 990
movement marked by maker as above and 21-Jewels with gold jewel
settings and exposed winding wheels, all in a Keystone 10kt gold-filled
case.
$200-400
280.
Waltham Riverside and Hamilton 992 21-Jewel Open Face
Watches, Waltham, no. 29243575, c. 1936; Hamilton, no. 2592389,
c. 1934, the Waltham with 10kt rolled gold-filled plain case, bold Arabic
numeral dial marked Waltham 21 Jewels, sunk seconds and outer
minutes in Arabic numerals, stem-wound, lever-set nickel damascened
movement marked Waltham USA Riverside, 21-Jewel and serial number
as above, 48 mm, the Hamilton with 10kt gold-filled “Wadsworth” case,
enameled Arabic numeral double-sunk dial marked by maker, threequarter-plate
nickel damascened movement marked with maker’s name
and place, 21 Jewels, 992 and serial number, 50 mm.
$500-700
281.
Hamilton Model 974 14kt Gold Watch, Hamilton Watch Company,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, No. 1,222,077, enameled dial with Arabic
numerals and sunk seconds, stem-wind and set three-quarter-plate
movement marked by maker, 974 and 17 Jewels, all in a Roy 14kt gold
case.
$200-300
282.
Hamilton Model 22 U.S. Navy Chronometer Watch, Hamilton
Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, No. 3506, c. 1942, silvered
Arabic numeral dial with UP-DOWN indicator and seconds, bar layout
nickel stem-wind, pin-set movement marked on damascened back
plate Hamilton Watch Company Model 22-21 Jewels Adjusted to
Temperature & 6 Positions and U. S. Navy-BU. Ships-1942, Keystone
base metal case with cuvette and screw-on back engraved Bureau of
Ships U. S. Navy No. 3506-1942 Chronometer Watch, 70 mm.
$300-500
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