Lot 209:
Illinois Watch Co. Locomotive Pocket Watch
Sold for: $275
Description
This is a 16-size open-face pocket watch manufactured by the Illinois Watch Co. of Springfield, Illinois. The manual wind mechanical movement is a 17-jewel grade featuring a nickel finish with horizontal damaskeening, a micrometer regulator, and a compensated balance wheel with gold screws. The movement is marked with serial number 3175596, dating its production to approximately 1917. The white enamel or porcelain dial features bold black Arabic hour numerals, a sunken sub-seconds dial at the 6 o’clock position, and an outer minute track with red Arabic numerals at five-minute intervals. The dial is signed ILLINOIS in serif capital letters. The watch is housed in a nickel-silver or base metal case manufactured by the Wadsworth Watch Case Co., marked with the DEFIANCE hexagonal logo and serial number 2138114. The exterior case features fluted coin-edge bezels and a decorative bow. The case back is decorated with an engraved scene depicting a steam locomotive. The interior of the case back contains several hand-scratched jeweler’s service marks with dates including 1/4/51, 4/19/52, 4/25/62, and 1-13-70, along with alphanumeric codes X5207 and P175R. Case Size: 16 size (approximately 50mm).
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