Description:
South Bend 18S 17J lever set (LS) adj. 5p The Studebaker grade 323 pocket watch #533688, impressive nickel full plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings (GJS) and a lattice design damascene pattern, single sunk (SS) porcelain enamel dial with bold fancy Arabic numbers, red Arabic 5 minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has a faint hairline between the center post and seconds bit, purple steel spade & whip style hands, re-cased into a heavy smooth polish yellow gold filled (YGF) screw back & bezel (SB&B) case with a classic sculpted pendant supporting a slightly recessed crown, a large French-style bow and a glass crystal, case is showing light normal wear with a small patch of notable scuffing on the back cover and a bit of brass starting to show on the frame & bow, measures approx. 53mm in diameter x 72mm in length x 18mm thick (crystal included). An attractive, high quality railroad grade South Bend from the early 1900s in excellent+ overall condition!
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