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Gold hunter case pocket watch
Gold hunter case pocket watch
With Roman numeral hours and seconds sub-dial, to the engraved floral and grape leaf motif case, with key
Date: 1870s
Serial no.: 285421
Dial: White
Movement: Key wind, H.H. Taylor, 15 Jewels
Case material: 18k yellow gold
Case size: 55 mm
Signed: Elgin Nat'l Watch Co. to dial, D & Co. for Duhme & Co. to case
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $2,520
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Duhne & Co was founded in 1844 by Herman Duhne, Sr. in Cincinnati, Ohio. By the late 1800's the company was listed as the 2nd largest casemaker in the west and worked in both silver and gold. This case of 18k gold and very fine engraving would have been the top of the line.
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
