Description:

Hamilton 16S 21J lever set (LS) adj. 5p grade 992 pocket watch #2412719, impressive nickel split plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings, a gold center wheel and a bar-style damascene pattern, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel dial with bold Arabic style numbers, black minute markers and a black marked subsidiary seconds register has a small ring of superficial scratching over parts of the minute marker ring, possibly from a minute hand dragging over the dial sometime in the past, however the dial is mint otherwise, bold blue steel spade & whip style hands.

Heavy yellow gold filled (YGF) fully engraved screw back & bezel (SB&B) case with vertical line engraving around a blank fancy monogram shield and floral & geometric accents at the top and bottom of the back cover, deeply engraved bar & dot designs on the bezels, short heavy shoulders and a fancy bow engraved with a similar bar pattern to the bezels, case is showing normal even wear overall with some light smoothing starting on the back cover, some small spots of brass on the bezels & bow and a few small depressions on the top of the shoulders that match the engraving pattern on the bow, measures approx. 52mm diameter x 63mm in length x 14mm thick (crystal included). One of the Hamilton watch company's most prolific and well loved railroad grade watches from the 1920s in excellent overall condition!


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1926-1927
  • Company: Hamilton
  • Movement Size: 0516S
  • Jewels: 0721J
  • Setting/Movement Type: lever set
  • Adjustments: 5 positions
  • Model/Grade: 992
  • Serial #: 2412719
  • Movement Finish: nickel
  • Movement Details: gold jewel settings (GJS), screw-down jewel settings, gold center wheel
  • Dial Material: porcelain enamel
  • Dial Details: double sunk (DS)
  • Hand Style: spade & whip
  • Case Style: SB&B
  • Case Material: Gold Filled - Yellow
  • Case Width/Diameter: 52mm (2.05 inches)
  • Case Length, bow included:  63mm (2.48 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  14mm (0.55 inches)
  • Crystal Material: plastic
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Gender: Gentlemen's