Description:

Illinois 18S 21J lever set (LS) adj. 6p Bunn Special pocket watch #1785512, beautiful nickel full plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings (GJS) and a radiant scalloped line damascene pattern, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel dial with gothic-style Arabic numbers, red Arabic 5 minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has a few faint hairlines and a small flake at the edge of the dial at 6 o'clock, bold blue steel spade & whip style hands, re-cased into a heavy fully engraved yellow gold filled (YGF) hinge back & bezel (HB&B) case with an elaborate engraved design of a large fancy monogram at 6 o'clock, filled with blooming flowers, with radiant lines extending outward and filled with floral & vermicelli engraving, a beaded texture frame, scroll engraving on the front bezel and a large heavy bow, case is showing light normal wear with some light smoothing to the bezel engravings in places and a small bit of brass starting to show on the pendant & bow, measures approx. 55mm in diameter x 75mm in length x 20mm thick (crystal included). A very eye-catching, high quality railroad grade Illinois from the early 1900s in excellent overall condition!


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1905-1906
  • Company: Illinois
  • Movement Size: 0318S
  • Jewels: 0721J
  • Setting/Movement Type: lever set
  • Adjustments: 6 positions
  • Model/Grade: Bunn Special
  • Serial #: 1785512
  • Movement Finish: nickel
  • Movement Details: gold jewel settings (GJS), screw-down jewel settings
  • Dial Material: porcelain enamel
  • Dial Details: double sunk (DS), Gothic-style numbers
  • Hand Style: spade & whip
  • Case Style: HB&B
  • Case Material: Gold Filled - Yellow
  • Case Details: re-cased
  • Case Width/Diameter: 55mm (2.17 inches)
  • Case Length, bow included:  75mm (2.95 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  20mm (0.79 inches)
  • Crystal Material: plastic
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Gender: Gentlemen's