Fine and rare gold hunting cased pocket watch Circa 1864
- Kenmerk
- SB0685
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 5.000 - 10.000
- Price sold
- € 13.650
Gold full hunter by American Watch Co.
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A fine and rare 18 carat gold hunting cased pocket watch, circa 1864. 20 Size, model 1862, gilt lever movement, jewels carried in chatons, Stratton’s patent. White enamel dial, Roman indexes, subsidiary seconds and blued steel spade hands. Large engine turned case, the front cover with engraved and enameled boat rescue scene, the interior engraved ‘The President of the United States to Capt. J.J. Ballentine, for the rescue of the Crew of the U.S. Steamer Sacramento, 1867’, the back cover with the seal of the United States of America. Gold cuvette. Dial and movement signed. With wooden box and 14 carat rose gold chain. The present watch was an award given to Anglo Captain J.J. Ballentine in recognition of his service in saving the crew of the American sloop-of-war the USS Sacramento. The ship ran aground in June 1867 off of the coast of India. Despite the total loss of the ship, the crew was saved and eventually made their way back to America in November 1867.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Thickness: 16 mm
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Signed: American Watch Co.
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Originally launched in 1862, the USS Sacramento served during the American Civil War and toured through Asian waters. The sloop’s assignments during the Civil War contributed to the blockade off of North Carolina as well as the capture and interception of Confederate ships in the Caribbean and off of Europe. After the Civil War, the ship was assigned to transport duties in Chinese and Japanese waters and eventually made its way to the Eastern coast of India.
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Known as the ‘Official Award to Non-Citizens of the United States of America for Saving Lives at Sea’, the watch presentation program was approved by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and became a tradition through the 19th century. Typically, the watches depicted a rescue at sea on the front and the Seal of the President of the United States of America on the case back.
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Thickness: 16 mm
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Signed: American Watch Co.
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Originally launched in 1862, the USS Sacramento served during the American Civil War and toured through Asian waters. The sloop’s assignments during the Civil War contributed to the blockade off of North Carolina as well as the capture and interception of Confederate ships in the Caribbean and off of Europe. After the Civil War, the ship was assigned to transport duties in Chinese and Japanese waters and eventually made its way to the Eastern coast of India.
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Known as the ‘Official Award to Non-Citizens of the United States of America for Saving Lives at Sea’, the watch presentation program was approved by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and became a tradition through the 19th century. Typically, the watches depicted a rescue at sea on the front and the Seal of the President of the United States of America on the case back.
Signed: American Watch Co.
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