$5,290
Hamilton Watch Co. , Lancaster, Pa., No. S5726, Grade 950B, 23 jewel Railway Special, made in 1949.Very fine and rare, 14K gold, keyless, 23-jewel Railway Special watch in a solid gold case. Three-piece "Bassine, screw back and bezel, "carrure ronde", po-lished back, bezels chased with twisted rope pattern, box-type pendant. White enamel, double-sunk, overglazed, bold Arabic numerals, outer closed line minute track, sunk sub-seconds. Blued steel "Tapered Baton" hands. Notes This type of watch was rarely made with a solid gold case. Hamilton designed its own self-compensating hairspring, the "Elinvar Special", which they also employed in Marine chronometers with amazing success.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-12-04
