102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 341
American Waltham Watch Co., Mass., "Premier Maximus", Movement No. 17000029, Case No. 228702, 52 mm, 120 g, circa 1908
An American pocket watch of high quality, with power reserve indicator
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silvered. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
The movement with the red gilt balance cock, the sophisticated fine adjustment system and the three diamond endstones on escape wheel, lever and balance illustrates the high standard which the Premier Maximus range produced by the American Waltham company strove to embody. In the sales catalogues the watch comes with a correspondingly high price tag of 610 dollars, while a conventional railway watch was available for considerably less than 100 dollars. Waltham writes about the watch: "The Premier Maximus Watch is never spoken of in terms of equality with any other watch. It is universally recognized as the crowning achievement of timepiece construction".
An American pocket watch of high quality, with power reserve indicator
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silvered. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
The movement with the red gilt balance cock, the sophisticated fine adjustment system and the three diamond endstones on escape wheel, lever and balance illustrates the high standard which the Premier Maximus range produced by the American Waltham company strove to embody. In the sales catalogues the watch comes with a correspondingly high price tag of 610 dollars, while a conventional railway watch was available for considerably less than 100 dollars. Waltham writes about the watch: "The Premier Maximus Watch is never spoken of in terms of equality with any other watch. It is universally recognized as the crowning achievement of timepiece construction".
estimated
3.500—6.000 €
Price realized
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