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MILITARY WATCH BOX
CELEBRATING
Harold S. Vanderbilt
AMERICA CUP YACHTING
INCLUDES
Harold S. Vanderbilt
SIGNED 1927 PILOT
BRILLIANT
1899-1903
RARE 1000
SCREW DOWN CASE
SEVENTEEN JEWEL
ADJUSTED
ELGIN WATCH
Serial Number SN Range Quanty Year grade
size code jewels Adj/reg/etc.
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9240233 9240001 1000
1900 250 18s ofg5p 17j Adj
grade total runs first yr last yr
class size code jewels Adj/name
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250 31000 24 1899 1903
64 18s ofg5p 17j Adj
[PURCHASED WITH THE PILOT]
1934
GALLET
YACHTING TIMER
[PURCHASED WITH THE PILOT]
WITH
LEATHER FOB
AND
CUSTOM HAND MADE
25 GRAM SILVER GREAT WHITE SHARK
WITH 1 CARAT TOTAL WEIGHT RUBIES
COMPASS MAP GUAGE
WITH MAGNIFIER
1890 MORGAN DOLLAR
PRESENTED TO THE VANDERBILTS
IN CELEBRATION OF THE
Vanderbilt Commodores
FOOTBALL TEAM
1ST YEAR AND 1ST VICTORY
1890
[PURCHASED WITH THE PILOT]
AMERICAN ENSIGN WITH THE
ADDITION OF A FOUL ANCHOR
1927 PORTABLE ASH TRAY
[PURCHASED WITH THE PILOT]
SHIPPING
USA 39.00 INSURED SIGNATURE
INT 100.00 FEDEX REGISTERED
INSURED WITH SIGNATURE
FREE PROFESSIONAL ONLINE APPRAISAL
INCLUDES ALL HISTORY AND INFO ASSOCIATED BELOW
AND
FREE ONE YEAR GSW WARRANTY

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Harold S. “Mike” Vanderbilt became the first owner to sail his sailboat in America’s Cup competition. Enterprise defeated the Shamrock V by as much as nine minutes. Enterprise is renowned for its “Park Avenue” boom. The large flat boom allowed a curve to be put into the foot of the mainsail, thus achieving a more aerodynamic shape.
Vanderbilt University
Harold Vanderbilt had a keen interest in the success of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1873 through the financial sponsorship of his great-grandfather. A longtime member of the university’s Board of Trust, he served as its president between 1955 and 1968. He helped guide the institution through a time in history when racial integration of the student body was a divisive and explosive issue.
In 1962 Vanderbilt attended one of the first meetings of the Vanderbilt Sailing Club and provided funding for the club to purchase its first fleet of dinghies, Penguins. The university annually offers several scholarships named in his honor, and on the grounds in front of Buttrick Hall, a statue was erected in his honor.
Harold Vanderbilt pursued his interest in yachting, winning six “King’s Cups” and five Astor Cups at regattas between 1922 and 1938. He served as commodore of the New York Yacht Club from 1922 to 1924.

Vanderbilt achieved the pinnacle of yacht racing in 1930 by defending the America’s Cup in the J-class yacht Enterprise. His victory put him on the cover of the September 15, 1930, issue of TIME magazine.
In 1934 Harold faced a dangerous challenger from the United Kingdom, namely Endeavour. The British boat won the first two races but Vanderbilt in Rainbow won three races in a row and defend the Cup.
In 1937 he won again in Ranger, the last of the J-class yachts to defend the Cup. They were posthumously elected to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame in 1993. Later in life Vanderbilt would become Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and would be intimately involved in many successful America’s Cup defenses.
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THIS PILOT IS SIGNED BY
Harold S. Vanderbilt
DATED 1927 THROUGH 1934
CENTRAL AMERICA, EASTERN MEXICO
SAILING/YACHTING
PILOT

CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO PILOT
EAST COAST
1927
[WITH UPDATE SHEETS TO 1934]

HAROLD S VANDERBILT SIGNATURE
WITH NEW YORK YACHT CLUB PENNANT
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BEFORE THE INVENTION OF COMPUTERS THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM ONE MUST HAVE WHEN SAILING
THE OCEANS IS A PILOT. THIS 424 PAGE 1927 PILOT W/FOLD
OUT CHARTS COVER CENTRAL AMERICA EAST COAST OF MEXICO’S EAST COST AND THE CARIBBEAN |
THIS 424 PAGE PILOT COVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE SPECIFIC AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. INCLUDING, WATERWAYS, TERRITORY LIGHT HOUSES, DEPTHS, HINDRANCES, CLIMATE, RAIN FALL, NAVIGATION AIDS, PORTS, CURRENTS, ROUTES, DISTANCES
BETWEEN COUNTRIES, CITIES, INCLUDING US CITIES TO COUNTRIES, HARBORS, 2 FULL FOLD OUT CHARTS, BAYS, DIRECTIONS, COASTAL VIEWS, WINDS, RIVERS |
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COLUMBIA TO RIO GRANDE PANAMA COSTA RICA HONDURAS GUATEMALA NICARAGUA |
THIS PILOT HAD PERFORATED UPDATE REQUESTS UP TO 1934 |
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PRODUCED BY THE US NAVY |
SUPPLEMENTS |
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SHOT OF A CHART
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CHARTS ARE WONDERFUL
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THERE ARE TWO OF THESE |
NOTE HOW THEY FOLD |
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NOTE THREE REPAIRS FROM DECADES AGO
PAPER IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THE PILOT |
CHART |
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THERE IS AN UPDATE SHEET USED
MEANING SOME ONE SENT IT IN
BELOW TO RIGHT OF FINGERS
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PLOTTING CHARTS ARE MINTY |
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NOTE THERE ARE FACTS OF THE LANDS. THIS WAS IMPORTANT IN THE EVENT OF A EMERGENCY OR HAVING TO PUT TO SHORE |
INFORMATION COVERS ALL ONE REQUIRES |
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FROM RAIN FALL TO CHANNEL RIVER DEPTHS |
VIEWS OF THE COASTS
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ANOTHER CHART
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LIGHT HOUSES |
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THERE ARE MORE LIGHTHOUSES |
INCLUDED ARE SAILING DIRECTIONS
TO FROM EUROPE & OTHER COUNTRIES |
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THERE IS A TEAR ON BACK INNER PAGE
BLANK ON BOTH SIDES |
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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB BURGEE
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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
FOB BUTTON
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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB BUILT IN 1899 IN 1857 THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB WAS FOUNDED.
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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB INTERIOR PICTURES
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The New York Yacht Club is one of the preeminent yacht clubs in the world. The Isle of Wight in the Solent has long been the epicenter of yachting in England. In 1851, a painted black schooner arrived there looking to win races. This was the yacht America, owned by John Cox Stevens, the first commodore of the NYYC and other club members
America was the winner of a race in 1851 in England
and a trophy that WOULD BECOME the America’s Cup.)
Yachting, or sailing for recreational purposes, can be traced in the United States to George Crowninshield of Salem, Massachusetts. Crowninshield, described as a “swell and a dandy,” was a member of a prominent and wealthy mercantile family whose trading ships sailed between American and European ports during the early days of the Republic
John Cox Stevens was the first commodore of the NYYC and the prime mover in the America syndicate. The trophy America won in 1851 became the America’s Cup.
Gimcrack was the first flagship of John Cox Stevens. Later, he was part of the syndicate that owned America that won what became the “America’s Cup” in 1851 in England. John Cox Stevens and eight other progressive New York yachtsmen met aboard Stevens new yacht Gimcrack during the afternoon of Tuesday, July 30, 1844. Gimcrack was anchored off the Battery at the foot of Manhattan Island.
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Prior to the enactment of income tax laws in the early twentieth century, the federal government obtained most of its operating funds from the collection of tariffs and customs duties levied on foreign goods entering American harbors. All vessels were subject to inspection, including private yachts. As the popularity of yachting increased, the burden of customs inspections became tiresome and unnecessary.
In 1847, Commodore Stevens proposed to the Secretary of the Treasury that private yachts not engaged in trade or commerce be exempt from inspection. The Secretary, fully aware of the manpower required to inspect each and every yacht entering a port, agreed to propose legislation that would allow the Treasury Department to license yachts and let such yachts carry a signal of the form, size and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
At the Secretary of the Navys request, the New York Yacht Club recommended in January 1849, “The American Ensign with the addition of a foul anchor in the union be adopted….” Thus, the American yacht ensign was created.

REGATTA
The NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, NYYC’s curator of collections NYYC’s Annual Regatta 1868 by Currier & Ives. The clubhouse opened in Hoboken, NJ, on the banks of the Hudson River in 1845. Two days after the opening, there was a “trial of speed.” This became the Annual Regatta.On July 15, 1845 the members of the New York Yacht Club met in their Hoboken, NJ, clubhouse for the first time. Two days later they began a tradition that lasted: the club’s Annual Regatta now in its 154th edition.

1890 NEW ORLEANS MINTED MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR
PRESENTED TO THE VANDERBILTS BY WILLIAM LOFLAND DUDLEY IN
1890 AS A MEMENTO AND KEEPSAKE CELEBRATING THE NEWLY FORMED
VANDERBILT COMMODORES FOOTBALL TEAM
AND THEIR FIRST GAME A VICTORY AGAINST TENNESSEE

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William Lofland Dudley
Vanderbilt chemistry professor William Lofland Dudley was a member of the Vanderbilt Athletic Association, formed in 1886 with Dr. W. M. Baskerville as president. Most students at Vanderbilt were members. The early sports played on the Vanderbilt campus were baseball, bicycling, and track and field events. Dudley would be the lightening rod in the added sport of Vanderbilt Football in 1890 and instrumental in the establishment of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the first Southern athletics conference.[ the precursor to the Southern Conference and modern-day Southeastern Conference]. Dudley was once a member of the Executive Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Football Rules Committee.
William Lofland Dudley was known as the “father of Vanderbilt football,” as well as “the father of Southern football,” and is the namesake of Dudley Field, the first stadium in the South exclusively for college football.
Cincinnati (1880-1881)
Commissioner of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1881-1885)
Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology (1880-1886)
Chair of Chemistry at Vanderbilt (1886)
Dean of Vanderbilt University Medical Department (1895-1914)
President of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1894-1912)
Executive Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
Executive Committee of the Football Rules Committee. (1907-14)
Namesake of Dudley Field.
Director of Affairs at Tennessee Centennial Exposition (1897)

Vandy’s first game
Vanderbilt played its first football game in 1890 at Nashville Athletic Park, against Nashville (Peabody). Vanderbilt won 40 to 0.
Captain and fullback Elliott Jones recalled the meeting which beget the game. Dudley called for a meeting of the Athletic Association, after Peabody had issued a challenge to play a contest on Thanksgiving Day. He felt the challenge a serious matter; that the pride of the university was at stake. In front of some 150 students in the gymnasium, Dudley explained that if the challenge were met, a new era of athletics would be created with the game of football.
From his Kansas City law office many years later Jones remembered: “There followed a general discussion of the whole situation. The difficulties, particularly the shortness of time for preparation, and the fact that regular football had not been theretofore played at Vanderbilt at all, were dealt upon. Many thought that it would be unfair to ourselves to hazard a contest under the circumstances. We knew that Peabody Normal had been playing intramural football for several years.
The predominating note, however, for discussion was that we had never taken anything off Peabody Normal and should not do now. Finally, P. M. (Pat) Estes, then of St. Louis, made a motion to the effect that the challenge be accepted and that E. H. Jones be authorized and directed to organize and captain a team for the occasion. s unanimously carried.”
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emonstrator of Chemistry

THE WATCH AND FOB ARE AWESOME. ONLY 31000 OF THE SERIES OF ELGIN WATCHES
WERE MADE AND OF THAT ONLY 1000 WITH THE FANCY DIAL WERE MADE
THEYWERE ADJUSTED AND HAD 17 JEWELS. THE YEARS WERE 1899 TO 1903
THIS MODEL WAS COMPLETED IN 1900.

THE DIAL IS LUXURY AT IT’S FINEST
THE GOLD FRENCH HANDS ASTOUNDING
THE CASE IS A SCREW DOWN. BOTH BEZEL AND CASE BACK
ARE SCREW DOWNS MAKING THIS ONE OF THE BEST
CASED POCKET WATCHES IN 1900
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17J ADJUSTED
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NOTE THE 25 YEAR CASE
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RARE TO FIND A DIAL WITH NO HAIRLINES OR DAMAGE |
CASE BACK HAS HARDLEY ANY WEAR
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THOUGH THIS CAME WITH THE LOT OF ITEMS ATTRIBUTED TO THE
HAROLD S VANDERBILT AND VANDERBILT IN GENERAL
I CANNOT MAKE OUT THE INITIALS




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