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Hampden 12S 15J pin set (PS) Gen'l Stark pocket watch #1855425, handsome nickel split plate movement with screw-down jewel settings, a fancy plate layout and a fancy concentric circle damascene pattern, single sunk (SS) porcelain enamel dial with bold fancy Arabic numbers, red Arabic 5 minute markers, a black-marked subsidiary seconds register and "Hampden" in red, dial has a number of short faint hairlines, blue steel spade style hands, heavy yellow gold filled (YGF) smooth polish hinge back & bezel (HB&B) case with a floral engraved monogram shield on the lower half, monogram is possibly "BH", tapered bezels, a depress shoulder for the pin setting button at 1 o'clock on the frame, a French style bow, an inscription from 1908 on the dust cover and an insert in the back cover of a woman's photograph, case is showing moderate to heavy wear with some notable small spots of brass on all elements of the case along with some smoothing to the monogram shield engraving, measures approx. 47mm in diameter x 65mm in length x 14mm thick (crystal included). A nice Hampden dress watch from the early 1900s with the uncommon photograph insert in very good overall condition!

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