DESCRIPTION:
APW - Ball Hamilton, rare agent marked watch with "B.H. Stief Co., Nashville, Tenn." marked mvt and dial, Official RR Standard, Grade 999B, 17J, 18S, gold-filled OF recase, white enamel SS dial, distinctive Ball style pierced hour and minute hands, SW-LS, bull's-eye pattern nickel damascene, s#14036. The B.H. Stief Co. was an authorized sales agent for Ball watches, and Steif was also a railroad watch inspector for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Although Ball had a widespread network of sales agents that watches were marked for, based on the scarcity of observed examples it is apparent that the total output of these agent marked watches was quite low and the number of watches that were made for any individual agent was very low.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, excellent cosmetic mvt condition overall, scattered fine to micro-fine scratches with greatest profusion being to balance cock foot and to barrel bridge, few specks of oxide to regulator assembly; dial has hl at 8, few additional faint hls elsewhere, few mild fine surface scratches, small flake at seconds-register hole; fine hands, replacement seconds-hand is blue colored; case is worn out, one sharp ding to bottom right rear edge and one smaller to left, substantially reduced engraving detail, large portions of wear to brass; brassy bow pivots freely, crown shows ample wear; glass crystal with many scattered fine scratches.
ESTIMATE:
$700
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$1300
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