DESCRIPTION:
APW - Hamilton, 11J, "Constant, St. Louis, MO." marked mvt, "Mermod Jaccard & Co, St. Louis, MO." marked dial, 18S, very heavy 18K gold Mermod Jaccard & Co St. Louis marked OF recase, rear shield with initials, gold cuvette, white enamel SS dial, SW-LS, gilt mvt, s#23405. Gross weight of assembled watch 87.2 dwt (135.5 g); gross weight of case only with movement, crystal, crown and stem removed 41.6 dwt (64.8 g). An extremely rare watch, this gilt finish open face version is the rarest of the 11 jewel Hamiltons with an estimated total production of only 30 made and these are in fact the rarest of any regular production 18 size Hamilton grade. From the well-known Hamilton collection of Robert Bennett of Olivehurst, California.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, excellent cosmetic mvt condition overall, some overall haze to gilt tone, some scattered spots, some fine to micro-fine scratches to barrel bridge, dial with some looseness to mvt and inspection of the movement uncased shows the dial screw near 7:30 is missing and the dial screw near 12:30 turns freely in place without reaching a tightened end point (dial was not removed to inspect its feet or reverse side); virtually flawless dial with small scratch at lower right perimeter of seconds-register; excellent hands; case shows very little wear, some dings and nicks to band, some mild dings to rear that are more evident to inner surface of lid, excellent engine turning detail with only slight reduction at shoulder; tight bow, crown shows very little wear but has some excess up/down play and stem tends to disengage when crown is at the upper portion of its range of motion, sleeve of watch with rust and some metal loss observed when movement was uncased and crown was unthreaded; good glass crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$3600
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$5000
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