RARE CIVIL WAR 1857 MODEL WALTHAM APPLETON TRACY 15 JWL POCKET WATCH. FROM THE ESTATE OF A LOCAL WATCHMAKER. A VERY RARE & EARLY 15 JEWEL 1857 MODEL MOVEMENT AND DIAL THAT DATES TO MARCH OF 1865 - MADE RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR! VERY EARLY AND RARE PRIVATE LABEL, FROM A LIMITED RUN OF ONLY 5 P.
BARTLETT GRADES MADE IN 15 JEWEL (LIKELY A PSEUDO-APPLETON TRACY & CO OR EQUIVALENT). SPECIALLY MADE & SIGNED FOR A POUGHKEEPSIE, NY RETAILER!
RARE EARLY SOLID GOLD BALANCE!! A PERFECT RESTORATION OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CIVIL WAR OR EARLY WALTHAM ENTHUSIAST! I HAVE NO CLUE ON THE LAST DATE OF SERVICE BUT IT IS RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY AND NEEDS A CLEANING. BALANCE STAFF IS GOOD AND BALANCE ROTATES FREELY AND TRUE - SEE PICS.THE MAINSPRING AND REST OF THE TRAIN APPEARS TO BE INTACT AND GOOD. THE HAIRSPRING & STUD ARE INTACT AND GOOD.
OVERALL GREAT PLATES AND SIGNED DIAL - SOME MINOR, TIGHT HAIRLINES BUT THESE SHOULD SOAK OUT. ALL HANDS ARE INTACT, CLEAN, AND 4TH PINION IS GOOD. SERIAL NUMBER 58XXX DATES THIS PIECE TO MARCH OF 1865- INDICATING THAT THIS PIECE WAS PROCESSED DURING THE WAR.
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