SIGNED ALBERT POTTER & CO., GENEVA, RETAILED BY BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, NO. 579, CIRCA 1885

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Albert Potter. An 18K gold hunter case keyless lever watch
Signed Albert Potter & Co., Geneva, retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, No. 579, circa 1885
Mechanical jewelled lever movement, Potter's unusual bridge design, gold cuvette with the photographic portrait of a young lady, white enamel dial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular plain case, enraved initials to the front, case signed and numbered by retailer, cuvette numbered, dial signed by maker, movement signed and numbered by maker
54 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

With a Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia fitted presentation watch.

The present watch is fitted with one of Potter's patented inventions, the unusual, demi-lune shaped train and barrel bridge.

Albert H. Potter (1836-1908) was one of the greatest watchmakers of the second half of the 19th century and, together with Charles Fasoldt, the most renowned American watchmaker.

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