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!
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