Gold Watch no. 46

Case: Gold, hunting Dial: White enamel Movement: Nickel **Duplicate number 46 - Number used twice by Potter** Provenance: 18?? - Potter, Geneve 2008 - Sotheby's, 23 Apr 2008, est $15-25,000, sold $28,000, "ALBERT H. POTTER & CO., GENEVA A FINE AND RARE GOLD HUNTING CASED POCKET CHRONOMETER CIRCA 1880 NO 46 • nickel movement, Guillaume-type bi-metallic compensation balance, pivoted detent escapement with Potter's patented bridge layout, blued steel helical hairspring, free-sprung regulator, jewels carried in gold screwed chatons, glazed cuvette • white enamel dial, Roman numerals, large subsidiary seconds, blued steel Breguet hands • 18k gold polished hinged case • case, dial and movement signed diameter 56mm. Albert H. Potter (1830-1908) was born in Saratoga County, New York and served his apprenticeship in Albany. In 1855, he established himself in New York City where he is known to have produced 35 high-grade movements of key wind lever and chronometer type. After spending 5 years in Cuba, and designing a quarter repeating and duplex watch, he returned to the United States and organized a watch company with his brother William Cleveland Potter. In 1876 he moved to Geneva where he produced approximately 600 watches including levers, chronometers, repeaters, tourbillons and perpetual calendars. His complicated watches sold for prices beginning at $250. Today, he is considered one of the greatest American watch makers of all time."