Stunning and completely original 18 size key-wind, key-set pocket watch by Illinois Watch Company – featuring fancy dial, plum-blued hands, solid nickel movement and pristine, original hand-carved silveride case. Adorned with a magnificent solid silver chain and compass fob, each link hallmarked. With key, in custom-fitted presentation box, circa 1882.
Sixteen-size, 23 ruby-jeweled Vanguard hunter-case pocket watch by the American Waltham Watch Company, featuring solid gold jewel settings, a solid gold train (gears), plum-blued hands and mesmeric Montgomery dial. Offered in an exceedingly handsome, custom-fitted, velvet-lined presentation case. Circa 1911.
Stunning WWI British military pocket watch manufactured for the war effort by Elgin Watch Company. Features correct "Broad Arrow" military markings on a completely original case. Circa 1918.
Stunning and quite uncommon Movado "Ermeto" purse or pocket watch in excellent condition. Exotic skin over steel; offered in its own custom-fitted, velvet-lined maple presentation box. Circa '30s.
Only a few examples are known of this extraordinarily rare work of military horological history. Commissioned by the U.S. Army Air Corps, designed by Longines Watch Company of Switzerland, the A-9 was the precursor of the modern Master Navigational Chronometer. Circa 1940
