WALTHAM. AN 18K GOLD TRIANGULAR MASONIC WRISTWATCH
Lot 3909

WALTHAM. AN 18K GOLD TRIANGULAR MASONIC WRISTWATCH

SIGNED WALTHAM, CASE NO. T940109 AND 96380.74, CIRCA 1980

Closed30 November 2011

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HKD 40,000

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WALTHAM. AN 18K GOLD TRIANGULAR MASONIC WRISTWATCH
SIGNED WALTHAM, CASE NO. T940109 AND 96380.74, CIRCA 1980
Nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, silver opaline dial, Masonic ritual signs as hour markers, the motto Love Your Fellow Man Lend Him A Helping Hand, triangular-shaped case, engraved bezel, top lug with loop, back secured by five screws, crown on the corner at 4 o'clock, 18k gold Waltham buckle, case signed Waltham-Neuchatel-Swiss, dial and movement signed Waltham
39 mm. wide.

Specialist note

US$3,000-5,000

With Waltham fitted presentation box.

The Waltham Masonic wristwatch is quite a significant piece for watch collectors as well as Masons because of its rarity and symbolism - the dial featuring the symbolic Masonic working tools of the many degrees with the regenerating Rising Phoenix in the centre and the all-seeing Eye of Providence at 12 o' clock. Engraved on the bezel is the unbroken chain of Brotherly Love and Affection and at the apex of the triangle, a compass within a circle, a measurement of the virtue and conduct upheld by the Freemasons.