| Waltham - 3 Part Nickel Silver Fancy Engraved Case with the Crown at the 12 o'clock position, Porcelain Dial with Roman Numeral Hour Makers featuring the XII Marked in Red, a 60 Seconds Sunken Sub-Dial and in Pristine Condition (circa 1908) | |
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| Description/Comments: | |
| Take a look at this pristine 1908 Waltham wristwatch with the crown and stem at the 12 o'clock position. It also features a very desirable porcelain dial with a red colored XII and a 60 seconds sunken sub-dial at the 6 o'clock position. The case is designed in three parts and has fancy engraved edges and is made of nickel silver metal. For a wristwatch almost 100 years old it is in overeall pristine condition--and what is more amazing is it keeps very accurate time. | |
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| Case: | |
| The three part cushion shaped nickel silver case measures 1 3/8" across (lug to lug.) And, it measures 1 1/4" (top to bottom -- not including the crown -- and 1 7/16" with the crown.) It is 1/4" thick. The stem and crown is extended 3/16" from the case, and it is located at the 12 o'clock position. The inside of the back cover is marked Napoleon I.W.C. Co. | |
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| Dial: | |
| The near mint round porcelain dial has a white color background and features beautiful Roman numerals with the XII having the very desirable red color while all the others are black in color. It has an antique-style single sunk 60 seconds sub-dial with a black hand and a 60 seconds scale around its outer edge and it is located at the 6 o'clock position. There is a 60 minutes scale at the outer edge of the dial. The antique-style hour and minutes hands are black in color. The crystal is curved on the surface and straight at the sides and is raised 4MM above the case. It is marked Waltham below the 12 o'clock position. | |
| Band: | |
| Brand new 18MM genuine leather that is a light brown color and sewn with white thread around the edges with a "saddle leather look." It has a gold tone buckle. | |
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| Movement: | |
| 15 Jewel Mechanical Wind with ornate engravings and marked A.W.W. Co., Waltham, Mass. and the serial number 16603410 (which dates this watch to 1908.) | |
