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South Bend 16S 15J lever set (LS) adj. hunting case movement (HCM) grade 280 pocket watch #513840, handsome nickel split plate movement with screw-down jewel settings, a narrow bar-style damascene pattern and a fancy plate layout, movement is marked "Adjusted" which is uncommon for this South Bend grade, we have confirmed that the balance bridge does have a matching serial number to the top plate and there is an additional photo documenting this, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel dial with fancy Arabic-style numbers, red 5 minute markers and a black marked subsidiary seconds register is marked "M. Creshkoff Yonkers, N.Y.", dial does have some faint hairlines and some small flakes at the edge of the dial at 11 o'clock, blue steel spade-style hands.

Re-cased into an attractive fully engraved yellow gold filled (YGF) screw back & bezel (SB&B) case with an elaborate design of vertical panels filled with different engine turned patterns, large leaf and art-deco swirls and a bird in flight all around an angular blank monogram shield in the center, thin lines of coin edge engraving on the bezels, long pendant with a heavy bow and a thick glass crystal, case is showing normal even wear overall with very little smoothing to the engraving but some brass starting to show on the pendant & frame along with a few small dents on the frame and short scratches on the crystal, we can replace the crystal with a new plastic one at no charge on request, measures approx. 51mm diameter x 71mm in length x 13mm thick (crystal included). An attractive vintage jeweler's mark watch from the early 1900s, also a great collection piece for the South Bend enthusiast with the atypical adjusted movement for this grade, in excellent overall condition!

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