DESCRIPTION:
APW - Baldwin & Jones, Boston, verge fusee with seconds-register and hacking function, presumably of English manufacture and marked for this early American retailer, 56mm, silver OF original pair cases bearing Birmingham hallmarks for 1818, incuse "V & Co" marking for casemaker Vale & Company, outer containing paper for Jubal Howe "Watch Maker at Jones, Lows & Ball of 123 Washington St., Boston," white enamel dial, hacking slide below dial at 4, KWKS (key not included with this lot), verge escapement, diamond endstone, gilt mvt with ornately engraved balance cock, gilt locking dust-cap, s#724. An attractive piece with early American contract marking. The case paper of this example is of particular historical significance to early American horology, as Jubal Howe was an apprentice of Luther Goddard that went on to head the watch repair department of Jones, Lows & Ball during which time a young Aaron L. Dennison was employed for repair service and worked under Howe's tutelage.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, good hacking function, excellent-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, excellent gilt tone, some typical micro-fine scratches; dial with some hls, very small surface flake left of 2, some edge wear under bezel between 12 and 1:30, some small flaking to lower-left of seconds-register hole; excellent hour and seconds-hand, minute hand is a brass replacement with mild bend; outer case shows light wear, dent to lower-left perimeter of rear, dent to bezel at 8, dings to bezel at 6, few lesser dings and nicks elsewhere, hinge missing one end-cap, button latch good; inner case shows light wear, some scattered dings and nicks with the most notable being a protruding ding to upper rear; bow pivots freely; glass bull's-eye crystal with some scattered scratches.
ESTIMATE:
$600
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$1200
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