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18k Solid Gold Waltham PS Bartlett Pocket Watch 18s Hunting AW Case
Estimated price for orientation: 2 200 $
Category: Antique
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Description Year of Manufacture: 1870-1879 Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding) Brand: Waltham Serial Number: 1048728 Material: Enamel, Solid Gold Model: PS Bartlett Closure: Full Hunter Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Features: 18k Solid Gold, 12-Hour Dial
The movement weighs 58.5
130.3 grams
Here is what I know currently about this pock watch.
This is a very rare watch. It is missing the crystal and did not configure into the weight
The face of the dial states American Watch Co. the movement is Waltham serial# 1048728This watch was presented to T A Meguiar 1879 in Louisville,KY as a VP of a tobacco warehouseWatch case is American Waltham Serial #82826 PS Bartlett
Manufacturer: Waltham
Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number: 1048728
Grade: P.S.B.
Model: 1877
Estimated Production Date: March 1878 - April 1878
Run Quantity: 500
Total Production: 195,954
Size: 18s
Jewels: 11j
Movement Configuration: Openface
Movement Finish: Gilt or Nickel
Movement Setting: Key
Plate: Full Plate
Adjusted: Yes
Adjusted # of Positions: Unknown
Railroad Grade: No History of T.A. Meguiar Provided by Google TranslationNINTH-STREET TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. Meguiar. Helm & Co.. Proprietors— Corner Main and Ninth Streets. As Louisville is the largest leaf tobacco market in the world, and as the sales of the
Ninth-street Warehouse are the largest of any house in the city, it logically follows that
the proprietors, Meguiar, Ilclm & Co., do a larger business than any firm in the world
similarly engaged. The history of this house, which bears so important a relation to the leading and
largest industry in Louisville, is a most interesting one, both from a commercial and a
business stand]ioint. It was established in 1855 liy Konald A: Brent, afterward F. S. J.
Ronald & Co., then changed to Konald, Webb »fc Co., and in 1877 to its present name,
Meguiar, Helm & Co., composed of Presley Meguiar, of Louisville; John L. Helm, of
Hardin county, Kentucky; John H.Yancey, of Barren county; John G. Harris, of Trous-
dale county, Tennessee, and T. A. Meguiar, of Simpson county, Kentucky. It is since
these energetic and experienced gentlemen tot)k charge of the warehouse that it achieved
its prominence and rank as having the largest dealings in this great leaf-tobacco center.
The warehouses of Meguiar, Helm & Co. — for they have two — have a storage capacity of
8,000 hogsheads, and the transactions of the firm last year aggregated 20,000 hogsheads.
For a .single firm, this is an immense quantity, as must furtlier ajipear when it is remem-
bered that the great commercial pageant la.-^t Seiitember grew out of the fact that the ag-
gregate transactions of all the warehouses in Loui.-ville reached 100.000 hogsheads. The
thirty employes of the firm are kept (piite busy handling these millions of ilollars' worth
of property.Since this item contains gold, no refunds will be accepted. Please if you have questions see the pics and email us before bidding. All info we could locate is listed here.
Shipping inside the USA insurance is providedInternational bidders pay actual shipping costs and insurance. Please check your countries import laws for items containing solid gold before bidding.
Description
| Year of Manufacture: | 1870-1879 | Movement: | Mechanical (Hand-winding) |
| Brand: | Waltham | Serial Number: | 1048728 |
| Material: | Enamel, Solid Gold | Model: | PS Bartlett |
| Closure: | Full Hunter | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Features: | 18k Solid Gold, 12-Hour Dial |
The movement weighs 58.5
130.3 grams
Here is what I know currently about this pock watch.
This is a very rare watch. It is missing the crystal and did not configure into the weight
The face of the dial states American Watch Co. the movement is Waltham serial# 1048728This watch was presented to T A Meguiar 1879 in Louisville,KY as a VP of a tobacco warehouseWatch case is American Waltham Serial #82826 PS Bartlett
Manufacturer: Waltham
Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number: 1048728
Grade: P.S.B.
Model: 1877
Estimated Production Date: March 1878 - April 1878
Run Quantity: 500
Total Production: 195,954
Size: 18s
Jewels: 11j
Movement Configuration: Openface
Movement Finish: Gilt or Nickel
Movement Setting: Key
Plate: Full Plate
Adjusted: Yes
Adjusted # of Positions: Unknown
Railroad Grade: No History of T.A. Meguiar Provided by Google TranslationNINTH-STREET TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. Meguiar. Helm & Co.. Proprietors— Corner Main and Ninth Streets. As Louisville is the largest leaf tobacco market in the world, and as the sales of the
Ninth-street Warehouse are the largest of any house in the city, it logically follows that
the proprietors, Meguiar, Ilclm & Co., do a larger business than any firm in the world
similarly engaged. The history of this house, which bears so important a relation to the leading and
largest industry in Louisville, is a most interesting one, both from a commercial and a
business stand]ioint. It was established in 1855 liy Konald A: Brent, afterward F. S. J.
Ronald & Co., then changed to Konald, Webb »fc Co., and in 1877 to its present name,
Meguiar, Helm & Co., composed of Presley Meguiar, of Louisville; John L. Helm, of
Hardin county, Kentucky; John H.Yancey, of Barren county; John G. Harris, of Trous-
dale county, Tennessee, and T. A. Meguiar, of Simpson county, Kentucky. It is since
these energetic and experienced gentlemen tot)k charge of the warehouse that it achieved
its prominence and rank as having the largest dealings in this great leaf-tobacco center.
The warehouses of Meguiar, Helm & Co. — for they have two — have a storage capacity of
8,000 hogsheads, and the transactions of the firm last year aggregated 20,000 hogsheads.
For a .single firm, this is an immense quantity, as must furtlier ajipear when it is remem-
bered that the great commercial pageant la.-^t Seiitember grew out of the fact that the ag-
gregate transactions of all the warehouses in Loui.-ville reached 100.000 hogsheads. The
thirty employes of the firm are kept (piite busy handling these millions of ilollars' worth
of property.Since this item contains gold, no refunds will be accepted. Please if you have questions see the pics and email us before bidding. All info we could locate is listed here.
Shipping inside the USA insurance is providedInternational bidders pay actual shipping costs and insurance. Please check your countries import laws for items containing solid gold before bidding.
130.3 grams
Here is what I know currently about this pock watch.
This is a very rare watch. It is missing the crystal and did not configure into the weight
The face of the dial states American Watch Co. the movement is Waltham serial# 1048728This watch was presented to T A Meguiar 1879 in Louisville,KY as a VP of a tobacco warehouseWatch case is American Waltham Serial #82826 PS Bartlett
Manufacturer: Waltham
Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number: 1048728
Grade: P.S.B.
Model: 1877
Estimated Production Date: March 1878 - April 1878
Run Quantity: 500
Total Production: 195,954
Size: 18s
Jewels: 11j
Movement Configuration: Openface
Movement Finish: Gilt or Nickel
Movement Setting: Key
Plate: Full Plate
Adjusted: Yes
Adjusted # of Positions: Unknown
Railroad Grade: No History of T.A. Meguiar Provided by Google TranslationNINTH-STREET TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. Meguiar. Helm & Co.. Proprietors— Corner Main and Ninth Streets. As Louisville is the largest leaf tobacco market in the world, and as the sales of the
Ninth-street Warehouse are the largest of any house in the city, it logically follows that
the proprietors, Meguiar, Ilclm & Co., do a larger business than any firm in the world
similarly engaged. The history of this house, which bears so important a relation to the leading and
largest industry in Louisville, is a most interesting one, both from a commercial and a
business stand]ioint. It was established in 1855 liy Konald A: Brent, afterward F. S. J.
Ronald & Co., then changed to Konald, Webb »fc Co., and in 1877 to its present name,
Meguiar, Helm & Co., composed of Presley Meguiar, of Louisville; John L. Helm, of
Hardin county, Kentucky; John H.Yancey, of Barren county; John G. Harris, of Trous-
dale county, Tennessee, and T. A. Meguiar, of Simpson county, Kentucky. It is since
these energetic and experienced gentlemen tot)k charge of the warehouse that it achieved
its prominence and rank as having the largest dealings in this great leaf-tobacco center.
The warehouses of Meguiar, Helm & Co. — for they have two — have a storage capacity of
8,000 hogsheads, and the transactions of the firm last year aggregated 20,000 hogsheads.
For a .single firm, this is an immense quantity, as must furtlier ajipear when it is remem-
bered that the great commercial pageant la.-^t Seiitember grew out of the fact that the ag-
gregate transactions of all the warehouses in Loui.-ville reached 100.000 hogsheads. The
thirty employes of the firm are kept (piite busy handling these millions of ilollars' worth
of property.Since this item contains gold, no refunds will be accepted. Please if you have questions see the pics and email us before bidding. All info we could locate is listed here.
Shipping inside the USA insurance is providedInternational bidders pay actual shipping costs and insurance. Please check your countries import laws for items containing solid gold before bidding.