This Hamilton 946 is a must-have addition to your existing collection or an ideal place to start your journey into America’s horological heyday. The incredibly accurate Hamilton 946 movement is housed in a stunning yellow gold fill case with an intricately engraved case-back with a crosshatch pattern and floral design that makes this watch both a functioning piece of railroad hardware and an elegant work of art.
The double sunk dial features large bold numerals in a pattern known as the “blind man’s dial” and this was exactly the kind of readability that a true railroad grade timepiece was required to have to meet the strict railroad timepiece standards. This type of damaskeening was one of Hamilton’s most intricate patterns ever used by the company and adds to the collectability of this truly fine railroad grade timepiece. The movement features a stunning damaskeen pattern with an hand finished sun-ray center and ornate perimeter. The Hamilton Grade 946 was produced in limited numbers (only 10,692 were produced) and was one of Hamilton’s finest railroad grade pocket watches ever made. Ray Harroun won the first-ever Indianapolis 500 behind the wheel of the famous Marmon ‘Wasp.’ The raw materials and parts for these history-making machines were made possible in part by the use of watches like this Hamilton Grade 946 that ensured trains moving the parts of history made it to their destinations safely and on time. In the San Fransisco Bay, Eugene Burton Ely landed his plane on the USS Pennsylvania, the first time in history an airplane had landed on a ship. 1931.This Hamilton Grade 946 Model 1 came into being during 1911, a year of some amazing firsts during an era of great change. 1955 Ball Case is in sale since Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The item Vintage Hamilton Pocket Watch 950B 23J 16 Size S/N S15946 Ca. Housed in a lovely white gold filled "Bunn Special Model #28" case. Vintage Hamilton Pocket Watch 950B 23 Jewels 16 Size S/N S15946 Ca. Size 16, 11 jewel, open face, pendantġ6 size Illinois "Bunn Special" pocket watch, grade 163, rare type "I-R". Movement has gorgeous two-tone damaskeening Housed in a triple-hinged gold-filled case. Illinois pocket watch, 16 size, Model #7, Grade 605, Stem wind and lever set, 17 jewels, adjusted toĤ positions. "Gothic" style double sunk railroad dial. Size 18, 24 ruby jewels, adjusted to temperature, isochronism & 5 positions. Illinois "Bunn Special" railroad grade and approved pocket watch in a highly engraved solid 14k gold case. Housed in a nice, plain-polished gold-filled case. Stem wind, lever set, with lovely two-tone damascening on the movement. Stem wind, lever set, withġ8 size Illinois "Bunn" with 17 jewels. "Gothic" style double sunk railroad dial.īeautiful movement, and a marvelous engraving of a locomotive onġ8 Size Illinois "Bunn Special" in a highly engraved solid 14k gold hunter case. Movement marked with private label of a Boston jeweler. CheckerboardĢ-tone movement in a display case. Illinois pocket watch, size 18, Model 6, with 17 jewels.
Stem windĪnd lever set, with unusual "Chalmer" patented regulator. Illinois Pocket Watch, size 18, Model 2, Grade 100-S with either 11 or 15 jewels. Housed in a nice triple-hinged "Silveride" VERY early Illinois pocket watch (serial number 7012). If anybody has some additional information or questions about these watches, pleaseĬlick on any image below to see additional pictures and information for that watch.
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from The New Collector's Guide to Pocket Watches, 9 Where is the serial number on a pocket watch. Illinois also used more names on their watches than any other company, including names of companies which simply sold the watches, such as "Burlington Watch Co." and "Washington Watch Co." They are especially known for the large number of railroad grade and railroad approved watches they produced, including the Bunn Special, the Sangamo Special and the Santa Fe Special. Organized in 1869, Illinois made many low, medium and high grade watches before being sold to the Hamilton Watch Company in 1927. Goldberg's Pocket Watch Collection - Illinois Watches