$10,350
“Trafalgar 1805” RGM Watch Company, Lancaster in Pennsylvania, "Trafalgar 1805 – H. M. S. Victory", Ref. 200. Made in 2005 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Part of a special commemorative series of watches with hand-engraved dials depicting famous Tall Ships. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with a unique dial, especially decorated movement and an 18K yellow gold RGM buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, at the case side a white gold plaque “Victory”, domed sapphire crystal. Solid silver with hand-engraved portrait of the “Victory” amongst other battleships during the Trafalgar battle, luminous dot markers. Yellow gold hands with luminous “lozenge” tips. Cal. 13 1/2’’’, gilt and rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and engine-turned decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, gilt rotor decorated and engraved with the motto “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense”. Dial and case signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes HMS Victory, on display at the Porthmouth Historic Dockyard in England, is revered as the world’s oldest commissioned battleship. Launched in 1765 and commissioned to the Royal Navy in 1778 it was the British fleet’s flagship in the Trafalgar battle. 2005 marks this 200th anni
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
