American Watch Company Gold Open Face Pocket Watch and Locket
American Watch Company Gold Open Face Pocket Watch and Locket
Estate / Collection: From the Family of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
18 and 14 kt., key-wind, key set, circular white porcelain dial, black Roman numerals, sunken subsidiary seconds, minute track indicator, coin-edge case, case dia. ap. 49 mm., back cover with shield engraved O.W.H, Dec. 25, 1868 , .polished and engine-turned cuvette, dial signed American Watch Co ., 3/4 gilt-plate movement signed Appleton Tracey & Co ., Fogg's safety pinion Pat. Feb. 14, 1865, no. 210, 171 , case signed M.B., no. 4224 , c . 1865, crown and keys missing , hairline crack on dial , ap. 71 dwts. gross. With engine-turned locket engraved A.L.U, ap. 4.4 dwts .
Provenance: The pocket watch belonged to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., passed down through the Upham family. The locket belonged to his sister Ann Susan Upham.American Watch Company Gold Open Face Pocket Watch and Locket
American Watch Company Gold Open Face Pocket Watch and Locket
Estimate
$2,000 - $3,000
Estimate
$2,000 - $3,000
Estate / Collection: From the Family of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
18 and 14 kt., key-wind, key set, circular white porcelain dial, black Roman numerals, sunken subsidiary seconds, minute track indicator, coin-edge case, case dia. ap. 49 mm., back cover with shield engraved O.W.H, Dec. 25, 1868 , .polished and engine-turned cuvette, dial signed American Watch Co ., 3/4 gilt-plate movement signed Appleton Tracey & Co ., Fogg's safety pinion Pat. Feb. 14, 1865, no. 210, 171 , case signed M.B., no. 4224 , c . 1865, crown and keys missing , hairline crack on dial , ap. 71 dwts. gross. With engine-turned locket engraved A.L.U, ap. 4.4 dwts .
Provenance: The pocket watch belonged to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., passed down through the Upham family. The locket belonged to his sister Ann Susan Upham.
Crown and keys missing, hairline crack on dial.
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