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Description:
Longines Watch Co. 14kt Gold Open-face Watch, Chains, and Penknife, retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., arabic numeral enameled dial with pierced gilt hands, sunk seconds, and marked "Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co.," cuvette engraved "Raymond Wilmer Walsh from Anna Isabel Boyle Oct. 19th 1914," stem-wind, stem-set, 17-jewel movement with Cotes de Geneve decorated plates, marked with maker and retailer, no. 2745087; two 14kt gold link chains, one with a penknife, the other with a fob engraved "R.W.W.," housed in the original retailer's box, dia. 46 mm, watch 46g.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
chains wt. 12.7 g., penknife wt.16 g. and scratch tested at 14kt on the link, watch currently winds, sets and ticks.
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Keywords
Banks & Biddle Co., Longines Watch Co., Raymond Wilmer Walsh, Anna Isabel BoyleStephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
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