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Tom Harris keeps ticking with watch/clock auctions, July 10-11 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Auction Central News Staff   
Thursday, 09 July 2009 08:57
Heuer's Silverstone Automatic chronograph wristwatch has a distinctive red and white front and a red leather band. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Time waits for no man. Antique clock collector Rich Chandler of Barrington, Ill., stashed away wristwatches over the last 30 years. His estate includes 600 wristwatches, which Tom Harris Auctions will sell July 10 beginning at 10 a.m. Central. Chandler's clock collection will sell at the Tom Harris Auction Center on July 11 at 10 a.m. Central. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding for both sales.

A prime example of the quality seen in the wristwatch collection is lot 259, a gentleman's 18K gold Rolex Oyster wristwatch with superlative chronometer and original box. Another highlight is lot 140, an Omega Speedmaster Chronograph, the first model wristwatch worn by NASA astronauts to the moon.

Also included are a Tiffany eight-day Swiss-made brass travel alarm clock with a hinged-ring stand and a Tiffany sterling silver travel alarm in a flat-folding hinged case.

The auctions will be conducted at the Tom Harris Auction Center, 203 S. 18th Ave. in Marshalltown. For details call Harris Auctions at 641-754-4890.

View the fully illustrated catalogs and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.



ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
With its carved top this Winterhalder-Hofmeier Schwarzenbach No. 4 eight-bell bracket clock is 13 3/4 inches high by 9 3/4 inches wide. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions. The watches in Friday's auction came from a clock collector who had stored them for up to 30 years. This 1940s Breitling two-dial chronograph is in 18K gold. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions. Friends presented this Chelsea No. 86730 brass clock to a doctor in 1915. The 8-inch dial is marked J.B. Hudson & Son, Minneapolis, which was likely the retailer. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions. The oak case of this E. Howard master clock, which features electric wind, stands 91 inches high. It has a $500-$1,500 estimate. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions. This Breitling Navitimer chronograph from the early 1950s has three dials and a 17-jewel movement. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions. Referred to as a Keyhole Regulator, this American-made clock dates to the early 1860s. It measures 32 inches high by 14 inches wide. Image courtesy Tom Harris Auctions.
Last Updated on Thursday, 09 July 2009 10:15
 


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