| Waltham - Unusual Ornately Engraved Dial (Art Deco Design,) Three Part Case with Wire Lugs and the Crown at the 12 o'clock position and in Outstanding Original Condition (circa 1923) | |
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| Description/Comments: | |
| Here is a very unusual 17 jewel Waltham wire lug transitional wristwatch with an ornately engraved (Art Deco design) dial and a 10K Rolled Gold Plate case and back. With the overall size and its stem and crown at the 12 o'clock position it is obvious that this piece was converted from a pocket watch into a wristwatch. This unusual vintage piece is in outstanding original condition--and what is more amazing is it keeps very accurate time. | |
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| Case: | |
| The three part round shaped gold case measures 1 11/16" across and 2 1/16" (wire lug to wire lug.) It is 5/16" thick. The stem and crown is extended 1/8" from the case, and it is located at the 12 o'clock position. The inside of the back cover is marked Keystone Victory, Rolled Gold Plate and the number 4318171. | |
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| Dial: | |
| The unusual round dial has a light silver tone colored background and features an ornately engraved central section with a Art Deco pattern. It has a large antique-style single sunk 60 seconds sub-dials with a gun metal colored hand. The hour markers are gold colored Arabic numerals at all 12 positions and they are a unusual angular design. There is a 60 minutes scale at the edge of the dial and it features gold colored dots for each minute increment. The antique-style hour and minutes hands are gun metal in color. The large original crystal is glass and a large bubble shape (that is not completely round) and is raised 8MM above the case. | |
| Band: | |
| 18MM dark gray colored three part with a snap and button release (wire lug strap.) | |
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| Movement: | |
| Mechanical Wind with ornate engravings and marked 17 Jewels, A.W.W. Co., Waltham, U.S.A., Royal, 3 Pos. Adjusted and the serial number 24397035 (which dates this watch to 1923.) | |
