CHRISTIE'S | 20 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK, NY | 12.09.2024
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UNIQUE PIECE 1870 + 19th-Century POCKET WATCH
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A new beginning
In 1870, the Cornell Watch Company of Chicago set out to produce America's most precise railroad pocket watch. Today, the legacy continues with the introduction of the 1870 model line.
For over two years, the 1870 model line was designed, prototyped and developed in partnership with America's Premier Watchmaker, the RGM Watch Company. Each 1870 timepiece is hand assembled, rigorously tested and warrantied by the RGM Watch Company.
The 1870 CE
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Timeless techniques
Traditionally crafted Grand Feu enamel dials, thermal blued hands and hand-finished movement decoration
modern precision
Schwarz Etienne ASE 200 automatic movement with micro-rotor
Supporting future watchmakers to revive the American supply chain
The Cornell Watch Company provides a portion of proceeds to fund student scholarships offered by the Horological Society of New York, America's oldest continuously operating horological association.