DESCRIPTION:
LPW - Waltham, Appleton Tracy & Co, Civil War era, 15J, 10S, 18K gold original HC with front and rear bisected by a beautiful diagonal ribbon having black and blue enamel inlay, black tracery enamel around front and rear shoulders, gold cuvette engraved "F. to J. April 26th 65," white enamel SS dial, KWKS (key not included with this lot), gilt mvt, s#110556. Gross weight of assembled watch 48.4 dwt (75.3 g). A particularly attractive gold and enameled pendant watch dating closely with the ending of the American Civil War. This movement is from a production run listed in Waltham factory records as having been finished between February and April of 1865. This dating, along with the cuvette inscription, places the birth of this watch among the ending events of the Civil War; as General Lee surrendered on April 9th marking the effective end of the conflict, as Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10th, and as General Stand Watie was the final Confederate general to surrender on June 23rd.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, excellent cosmetic mvt condition overall, main plate with spot near winding arbor escutcheon, few additional lesser surface spots elsewhere; dial with hl from 12 to center, short hl above seconds-register, tiny nick to left rim of seconds-register hole; excellent hands, hour a polished spade style with some oxide to its spade, minute does not have a polished spade; case shows hardly any wear, small but prominent ding to front center, few small nicks elsewhere to front, ding to lower-left shoulder of rear in area just below enameled ribbon, sizable areas of loss of original black enamel to left side of front ribbon and lower-left side of rear ribbon which have been filled with soft black material; tight bow, push shows little wear; good glass crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$1600
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$2200
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