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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP



FORM 4
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*



Varet       Elizabeth       R.

(Last)       (First)       (Middle)

     2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol



    AMETEK, INC. (AME)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
    (Check all applicable)

   X   Director         ____10% Owner
____Officer(give     ___Other (specify
   title below)                    below)
   ____________________________


American Securities Capital Partners, L.P.
     666 Third Avenue
               (Street)

New York          NY         10017
(City)          (State)         (Zip) 		3. IRS
Identification
Number of
Reporting
Person, if an
entity
(Voluntary)

 4.   Statement for
        Month/Year


    December 3, 2002

5.    If Amendment,
     Date of Original
     (Month/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group (Check Applicable Line

       X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
     ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person






  

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
       (Instr. 3)		 2. Trans-
    action
    Date


     (Month/
     Day/
     Year) 		3.Trans-
   action
   Code
   (Instr. 8)

Code     V		 4. Securities Acquired (A)
     or Disposed of (D)
     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)


Amount  (A)or (D)    Price 		5. Amount of
     Securities
     Beneficially
     Owned at
     End of Month

(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Owner-
     ship
     Form:
     Direct
     (D) or
     Indirect
     (I)
     (Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Owner-
     ship


(Instr. 4)

Common Stock 12/03/02 S 6,200   D   37.9953      

64,000 D

1,800 I (1)

491,888 I (2)



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FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



1.  Title of Derivative
     Security
    (Instr. 3)



 2. Conver-
   sion or
   Exercise
   Price of
   Deri-
   vative
   Security
 3. Trans-
   action
   Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)



 4. Trans-
   action
   Code
   Instr.
   (8)


Code    V
5. Number of
    Deriv-
    ative Securities
    Acquired
    (A) or Dis-
    posed of (D)
    (Instr. 3, 4, and
    5)

  (A)     (D) 		6. Date Exer-
   cisable and
   Expiration
   Date
   (Month/Day/
   Year)

  Date     Expira-
  Exer-     tion
  cisable   Date 		7. Title and Amount of
  Underlying
   Securities
  (Instr. 3 and 4)



  Title   Amount or
             Number of
             Shares 		8. Price
 of
 Deriv-
 ative
 Secur-
 ity
(Instr.
 5) 		9. Number
 of deriv-
 ative
 Secur-
 ities
 Bene-
 ficially
 Owned
 at End
 of
 Month
 (Instr. 4) 		10. Owner-  ship
 Form of
 Deriv-  ative
 Security:
 Direct
 (D) or
 Indirect
 (I)   (Instr. 4) 		11. Nature
 of
 Indirect
 Benefi-
 cial
 Owner
 ship
 (Instr. 4)






Explanation of Responses:
   (1)  As custodian for children. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial interest in such shares.
   (2)  Held by trusts of which the reporting person is a co-trustee and co-beneficiary.


        /s/ Elizabeth R. Varet                                                   12/05/02           
      **Signature of Reporting Person                                        Date


** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)		   

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