RARE & IMPORTANT 1874 OVERSIZED 18K GOLD TIFFANY & Co DEMI HUNTER POCKET WATCH
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OFFERED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION – AS CLOSE TO PERFECT AS YOU CAN GET – MINT ORIGINAL EARLY PORCELAIN DIAL SIGNED “TIFFANY & COMPY” – NO HAIRLINES AND NO CHIPS! NEAR PERFECT 18-KARAT GOLD “DEMI HUNTER” WITH BLACK ENAMELED ROMAN NUMERAL HOUR MARKERS AROUND THE BEZEL. NOT ALL POLISHED OUT. VERY HIGH GRADE, FULLY JEWELED, SNAIL SHELL CAM REGULATOR, VERY UNUSUAL HAIRSPRING STUD, SIGNED “TIFFANY & Co. GENEVA No.8274. THE MOVEMENT AND ALL THREE OF THE 18k GOLD COV...ERS HAVE THE NUMBER 8274. A VERY EARLY TIFFANY SERIAL NUMBER.
RARE & IMPORTANT HUGE, OVERSIZED, 18-KARAT SOLID GOLD, TRIPLE SIGNED “TIFFANY & Co. GENEVA” DEMI HUNTER POCKET WATCH MADE BETWEEN 1872 – 1876 IN THEIR OWN FACTORY IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND. THE BALANCE BRIDGE HAS “WILMOT’S PATENT” WRITTEN ON IT.
SIDE NOTE: WILMOT’S PATENT WAS GRANTED JULY 16th, 1872 IN NEW YORK. THE STRANGE APPENDAGE YOU SEE LEADING TO THE HAIRSPRING STUD WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT AS FOLLOWS:"consists in a compensating spring attachment of one of the curbs of the regulating-lever, whereby the speed of the watch is retarded when placed horizontally, and thus a uniform or nearly uniform velocity insured for it in its change of position from horizontal to vertical."
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR A VERY SHORT TIME TIFFANY & COMPANY BUILT A WATCH FACTORY IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND AND MADE THEIR OWN VERY HIGH GRADE MOVEMENTS BETWEEN 1872 AND 1876. THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING WATCH MOVEMENTS ON ANOTHER CONTINENT AWAY FROM HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW YORK IN A TIME WITH NO PHONES AND NO FAXES BECAME TOO DIFFICULT AND TIFFANY SOLD THE FACTORY TO NONE OTHER THAN PATEK PHILLIPPE.
THE IN HOUSE MADE MOVEMENTS ARE VERY RARE AND VERY COLLECTABLE. THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFUL AND VERY HIGH GRADE!VERY FEW WERE MADE.
CONDITION IS EVERYTHING AND THIS WATCH IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME.
THIS IS AN “IN HOUSE” TIFFANY & Co. MOVEMENT OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY – NICKEL, SNAIL SHELL MICROMETRIC REGULATOR, SCREWED IN SOLID GOLD JEWEL SETTINGS, GOLD BALANCE SCREWS, BIG RUBY TRAIN JEWELS AND RUBY PALLET JEWELS!
THE 18-KARAT SOLID GOLD CASE IS WONDERFUL CONDITION – THE BOW IS STIFF AND THE CASE BACK IS TIGHT AND STIFF WHEN YOU OPEN THE BACK TO VIEW THE MOVEMENT. THE BOW IS 18-KARAT GOLD AND HAS A SLIGHT INDENT WHERE THE WATCH WOULD RIDE ON A HOOK IN A DISPLAY CASE - I AM GUESSING THIS WATCH HUNG ON DISPLAY FOR DECADES.
THERE IS A COAT OF ARMS ON THE BACK THAT HAS SOME WEAR AS THE 18-KARAT GOLD IS SOFT. TIFFANY, BACK IN THESE DAYS, DID NOT CATOR TO THE AVERAGE JOE ON THE STREET. THEIR CLIENTS WERE THE VANDERBUILTS, ASTORS, CARNEGIE’S & MORGANS. ALONG WITH MANY EUROPEAN ROYALTY AND HEADS OF STATE.
THE WATCH IS STEM WIND AND LEVER SET.
THIS WATCH COMES WITH A 30-DAY WARRANTY!
THIS POCKET WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL BLUE STEEL HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS THAT WORK WHEN THE FRONT COVER IS CLOSED SO YOU CAN READ THE TIME WITH IT CLOSED OR WITH THE COVER FULL OPENED (notice the second little "pointer" in the minute hand so you could tell the time with the front cover closed). THE HANDS ARE ALSO IN MINT CONDITION.
ALL THREE COVERS OPEN TO EXACTLY 90 DEGREES, EXCELLENT HINGES. THE FRONT COVER POPS OPEN WITH A PUSH OF THE CROWN, EXCELLENT LIFT SPRING.
THIS IS A NICE HEAVY WATCH – TOTAL WEIGHT IS 141.2 GRAMS, THE CASE IS 52mm AT THE SMALLEST DIAMETER. THE CASE BACK IS THICK, LIKE A GOLD COIN.
SOLID 18K GOLD TIFFANY AND COMPANY WITH IN HOUSE RARE TOP OF THE LINE MOVEMENT – MUSEUM QUALITY – INVESTMENT CONDITION – SURE TO BE THE CENTERPIECE OF ANY FINE COLLECTION – GOOD LUCK! THIS ONE WILL NOT LAST LONG.
PLEASE SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS READING MY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACKS AND YOU WILL SEE WHY BUYING VINTAGE TIMEPIECES FROM ME IS A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE – PLEASE CLICK ON “SELLERS OTHER AUCTIONS” AS I HAVE DOZENS OF HIGH GRADE, SOLID GOLD AND SCARCE RAILROAD POCKET WATCHES AND HIGH GRADE AND COMPLICATED WRIST WATCHES IN AUCTION – GOOD LUCK!
I accept Paypal! Please set up your Paypal accounts before you bid as it takes several days. Buyer to pay $9.00 for insured shipping in the US and $35.00 overseas. GOOD LUCK!
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SUPER COLLECTABLE – RARE OPPORTUNITY!
RARE & IMPORTANT HUGE, OVERSIZED, 18-KARAT SOLID GOLD, TRIPLE SIGNED “TIFFANY & Co. GENEVA” DEMI HUNTER POCKET WATCH MADE BETWEEN 1872 – 1876 IN THEIR OWN FACTORY IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND. THE BALANCE BRIDGE HAS “WILMOT’S PATENT” WRITTEN ON IT.
SIDE NOTE: WILMOT’S PATENT WAS GRANTED JULY 16th, 1872 IN NEW YORK. THE STRANGE APPENDAGE YOU SEE LEADING TO THE HAIRSPRING STUD WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT AS FOLLOWS:"consists in a compensating spring attachment of one of the curbs of the regulating-lever, whereby the speed of the watch is retarded when placed horizontally, and thus a uniform or nearly uniform velocity insured for it in its change of position from horizontal to vertical."
MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR A VERY SHORT TIME TIFFANY & COMPANY BUILT A WATCH FACTORY IN GENEVA SWITZERLAND AND MADE THEIR OWN VERY HIGH GRADE MOVEMENTS BETWEEN 1872 AND 1876. THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING WATCH MOVEMENTS ON ANOTHER CONTINENT AWAY FROM HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW YORK IN A TIME WITH NO PHONES AND NO FAXES BECAME TOO DIFFICULT AND TIFFANY SOLD THE FACTORY TO NONE OTHER THAN PATEK PHILLIPPE.
THE IN HOUSE MADE MOVEMENTS ARE VERY RARE AND VERY COLLECTABLE. THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFUL AND VERY HIGH GRADE!VERY FEW WERE MADE.
CONDITION IS EVERYTHING AND THIS WATCH IS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME.
THIS IS AN “IN HOUSE” TIFFANY & Co. MOVEMENT OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY – NICKEL, SNAIL SHELL MICROMETRIC REGULATOR, SCREWED IN SOLID GOLD JEWEL SETTINGS, GOLD BALANCE SCREWS, BIG RUBY TRAIN JEWELS AND RUBY PALLET JEWELS!
THE 18-KARAT SOLID GOLD CASE IS WONDERFUL CONDITION – THE BOW IS STIFF AND THE CASE BACK IS TIGHT AND STIFF WHEN YOU OPEN THE BACK TO VIEW THE MOVEMENT. THE BOW IS 18-KARAT GOLD AND HAS A SLIGHT INDENT WHERE THE WATCH WOULD RIDE ON A HOOK IN A DISPLAY CASE - I AM GUESSING THIS WATCH HUNG ON DISPLAY FOR DECADES.
THERE IS A COAT OF ARMS ON THE BACK THAT HAS SOME WEAR AS THE 18-KARAT GOLD IS SOFT. TIFFANY, BACK IN THESE DAYS, DID NOT CATOR TO THE AVERAGE JOE ON THE STREET. THEIR CLIENTS WERE THE VANDERBUILTS, ASTORS, CARNEGIE’S & MORGANS. ALONG WITH MANY EUROPEAN ROYALTY AND HEADS OF STATE.
THE WATCH IS STEM WIND AND LEVER SET.
THIS WATCH COMES WITH A 30-DAY WARRANTY!
THIS POCKET WATCH HAS THE ORIGINAL BLUE STEEL HOUR AND MINUTE HANDS THAT WORK WHEN THE FRONT COVER IS CLOSED SO YOU CAN READ THE TIME WITH IT CLOSED OR WITH THE COVER FULL OPENED (notice the second little "pointer" in the minute hand so you could tell the time with the front cover closed). THE HANDS ARE ALSO IN MINT CONDITION.
ALL THREE COVERS OPEN TO EXACTLY 90 DEGREES, EXCELLENT HINGES. THE FRONT COVER POPS OPEN WITH A PUSH OF THE CROWN, EXCELLENT LIFT SPRING.
THIS IS A NICE HEAVY WATCH – TOTAL WEIGHT IS 141.2 GRAMS, THE CASE IS 52mm AT THE SMALLEST DIAMETER. THE CASE BACK IS THICK, LIKE A GOLD COIN.
SOLID 18K GOLD TIFFANY AND COMPANY WITH IN HOUSE RARE TOP OF THE LINE MOVEMENT – MUSEUM QUALITY – INVESTMENT CONDITION – SURE TO BE THE CENTERPIECE OF ANY FINE COLLECTION – GOOD LUCK! THIS ONE WILL NOT LAST LONG.
PLEASE SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS READING MY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACKS AND YOU WILL SEE WHY BUYING VINTAGE TIMEPIECES FROM ME IS A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE – PLEASE CLICK ON “SELLERS OTHER AUCTIONS” AS I HAVE DOZENS OF HIGH GRADE, SOLID GOLD AND SCARCE RAILROAD POCKET WATCHES AND HIGH GRADE AND COMPLICATED WRIST WATCHES IN AUCTION – GOOD LUCK!
I accept Paypal! Please set up your Paypal accounts before you bid as it takes several days. Buyer to pay $9.00 for insured shipping in the US and $35.00 overseas. GOOD LUCK!
After you have placed your winning bid, you can visit my other auctions by simply clicking the “SELLERS OTHER AUCTIONS” located next to my user name. If you like what you see, bookmark my listing and I’ll bring you more each week!
SUPER COLLECTABLE – RARE OPPORTUNITY!
