Description:
Waltham 18S 17J lever set (LS) adj. grade No. 35 pocket watch #3670006, distinctive silver-flashed full plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings (GJS), an engraved balance bridge and a wide checkerboard style damaskeen of brushed and polished finish lines, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel dial with large Roman numerals, an outer black minute mark register with black Arabic 5 minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has some faint hairlines, blue steel open morning glory-style hands.
Re-cased into a heavy engraved yellow gold filled (YGF) hunting case (HC) with engine turning across the surfaces behind the large art nouveau-style line & floral designs accented with vermicelli engraved details, large blank fancy monogram shield, a sculpted pendant with a slightly recessed crown, a large heavy bow and a glass crystal, case is showing normal wear with some notable smoothing to the engraving in some places, some small scratches on the pendant & near the case lips, a small bit of brass starting on the bow and some spots of discoloration on the interior case surfaces, measures approx. 55mm in diameter x 76mm in length x 18mm thick. An early, high quality Waltham from the 1880s in excellent overall condition!
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