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A & S Railroad Gold Minute Repeating Pocket Watch Presented to J.H. Ramsey, 1865

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$55,950.00
SKU:
394-2-1172
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SKU:
394-2-1172

Emile Peret, Locle, Swiss, 1865, hThis type of historical item is usually reserved for auction houses.unting case. Minute repeating pocket watch with porcelain dial, movement number 16666, case number 20175, size 20 L, 10 independent bridges, mustache lever, 28 jewels, highly jeweled repeater.This is a minute repeating pocket watch with a chime that has a railroad-type bell sound. We believe it was privately commissioned to sound like this. A picture of Ramsey wearing the watch is enclosed as well. There is also an Albany to Susquehanna railroad pass signed by Mr. Ramsey, from 1865 the same year he received the watch.

  • Inside Front cover engraved: Presented to Hon. JH Ramsey by the stockholders of the Albany Susquehanna Railroad Co. 1865
  • Width without crown: 53.4mm
  • Width with crown: 69.19m
  • Case thickness: 15.90m
  • Dial: Porcelain, Emile Perret, Locle. One very small hair line at 2 to 3 o'clock
  • Inside front cover: JA D 20178
  • Inside back cover: JA D 20178 1666
  • Front of inner back cover 16666 Emile Perret Locle
  • Inside inner back cover 16666

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