Gold American Waltham Watch Company pocket watch 1897

Here is an extremely rare antique 18K gold American Waltham Watch Company pocket watch that was made around 1897.

This is not part of my EBay items but i wanted to show you the highest quality Waltham American Watch Company has to offer.

This pocket watch is the highest grade pocket watch that was available from the American Waltham Watch Company and is a very respectable item to have in any collection.

The watch is an American Grade (AWCO) Model 1888 and has 19 Jewels.

It is very rare for a piece of this quality to come up for auction often, so i suggest if it is still on sale on EBay buy it.

It is a mens 16 size watch that is 52mm’s in diameter and is housed in its it is housed in its original 18k Hallmarked English solid gold demi hunter enamelled case.

The dust cover is also engraved with the name of the original retailer which is Henry.W.Bedford. 67 Regent Street, London

The movement: American Grade (American Watch Co, AWCO) and is a model 1888 with 19 Jewels. The watch has the correct cap jewels on the forth pinion to make it 19 Jewels and an uncapped pallet pinion so it is not a 21 Jewel.

This AWCO grade of movement was the highest grade made by Waltham and was only made in limited numbers and was very expensive to purchase.

The American grade model 1888 production runs had a mix of 17 Jewel, 19 Jewel and 21 Jewel movements throughout the set production runs which makes it near impossible to know exact production number however estimates seem to be around the 400 made in total for the 19 Jewel Hunter in the American Grade.

The serial number on the movement is 6500774

This piece dates from 1897

As with all Waltham watch company time pieces, to get a rough date (if not engraved somewhere) use the serial numbers, the lower the older it is.

I will post the exact way to date them when i get the chance.
This really is a spectacular time piece, which can be seen just by the pictures.

Valuation estimate £600-£800