American silver five minute repeating pocket watch Circa 1888
- Kenmerk
- TA2798
- Diameter
- 53 mm
- Estimate
- € 2.250 - 4.000
- Price sold
- € 2.600
Silver hunting cased lever watch
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A very fine and rare American, silver, keyless, hunting cased watch with a five minute repeater, circa 1888. A large, polished case, hinged cuvette. White enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer minute and fifth seconds ring with five-minute Arabic minute/seconds markers, sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 3/4 plate movement, striped, 17 jewels in settings, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, safety pinion. Dial, case, and movement signed. The movement is also engraved.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: Waltham Watch Co. USA
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The case is slightly damaged.
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Waltham only manufactured 800 five minute repeating movements from 1888 using numbers 3793400 to 3794200.
Signed: Waltham Watch Co. USA




















