$3,680
Hampden Watch Co. , Canton, Ohio, "General Stark", Model 4, No. 2274561, circa 1910.Fine, multicolored 14K gold, keyless, hunting-cased watch. four-body, box-hinged, scallop edge, very richly decorated with applied red, yellow, green and white gold floral and foliate decoration within strap work, back cover with applied stag head within applied green gold forest vegetation, vermicelli borders and band. white enamel, double sunk, bold Arabic numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. 16 size, nickel, bridge caliber, damascened, 17 jewels, the top ones in goldsettings, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, rack and pinionn patented micrometric regulator, lever-set, safety pinion.Signed on the dial and movement.Diam. 51.9 mm. Notes This grade was named for the famous Revolutionary officer, John Stark (1728-1822), whose words "Live Free or Die" were later adopted by New Hampshire as the state motto.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-28
