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Lot 77
Gent's Gold Watch Gifted by Bob Hope
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Manual wind with seventeen jewels, the square case with silvertone dial signed Bob Hope Incabloc / Swiss Made, with baton hour markers and hands, with a gold mesh bracelet band completed with foldover clasp, case reverse with hallmark and stamped 14K / 0.585 / 24 / 117 and engraved "To / Col. R.C. / Beasley / Xmas 1966 / Bob Hope".

Case 21 x 24 mm: 11/16 x 7.5 in.

34.9 lb.

From the Collection of the late Lt. Col. R.C. Beasley (Annandale, VA / Pinehurst, North Carolina) and by descent

Gifted to Lt. Col. R.C. Beasley by Bob Hope in 1967 in appreciation of his contribution to the production of the 1966 USO Christmas tour and accompanied by original presentation box and signed letter from Bob Hope. Each year, Mr. Hope presented gifts specific to the tour to each member of the production crew. A complete collection of these gifts resides at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

Crystal with crack; dial with some pitting; running at time of examination. Please see Terms and Conditions of Sale: Clocks and Watches.

$1,500 - 3,500