AN AMERICAN WALTHAM 14K GOLD AND ENAMEL HUNTER CASE KEYLESS LEVER POCKET WATCH AND CHAIN, APPLETON, TRACY & CO. MODEL, MOVEMENT NO. 6'534'513, CASE NO. 41'979, CIRCA 1893

size 18 gilt full plate jewelled lever movement, gold cuvette, white enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, double-sunken subsidiary seconds, blued steel spade hands, the case engine-turned, the cover with heraldic monogram, the cuvette engraved with a flower, the case marked with 14K standard, case maker's mark W.W.C. CO for Western Watch Case Company, numbered 41979, with incised inventory notes, the dial signed with American Waltham Watch Co. maker's mark, the movement marked with model and maker's mark APPLETON, TRACY & Co. / WALTHAM, MASS., serial number 6'534'513, inscribed ADJUSTED, SAFETY PINION, with gold chain, marked with 9CT standard; diameter: 52 mm, length of chain: 37 cm (14 5/8 in.), weight of watch only: 131.5 g (4.63 oz), chain: 11.8 g (0.42 oz), gross weight: 92.2 g (5.06 oz)

CONDITION
The watch is in working and overall very good condition. Very minor age-appropriate wear to case. Scattered fine lines to the enamel face and verdigris around the circumference of the dial, as apparent in photographs.

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