H.R. Ekegrén

H. R. Ekegrén, Copenhagen,made for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, No. 16461. Produced circa 1870.Fine, half hunting-cased, keyless 18K gold pocket watch. five-body, “bassine et filets”, solid, polished, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. Cal. 47 mm (21’’’), nickel, “fausses côtes” decoration, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, “Swan-neck” micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 58 mm.