Lot 531

American Waltham Watch Co., Mass., Movement No. 3793709, Case No. 16237, 52 mm, 142 g, circa 1890
A rare and heavy American five-minute repeating hunting case pocket watch - Waltham only manufactured 800 five-minute repeating movements from 1888 using numbers 3793400 to 3794200
Case: 18k gold, florally engraved, applied pink gold monogram, finely engraved band, gold dome, case maker's punch mark "Roy MFG Co.", slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, signed: "M. C. Lagleyze, 14 Mayó 1857", blued spade hands. Movm.: 4/5 plate movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, screwed gold chatons, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, "Pat. June 1888", "Safety Pinion", pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance.