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Illinois 18S 17J lever set (LS) adj. 4p grade 65-E pocket watch #1375062, beautiful 2-tone full plate movement with screw-down jewel settings, a gold and nickel wavy checkboard pattern damascene and a jewelers mark, "Geo. T. Springer Portland, Me.", this movement was considered to be railroad grade at the time of production, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel dial with fancy Arabic style numbers and a subsidiary seconds register is also marked with the jeweler's information, "George T Springer Portland, ME", dial has a few faint hairlines, lovely blue steel open Morning Glory style hands.

Re-cased into a heavy yellow gold filled (YGF) hinge back & bezel (HB&B) case with an elaborately engraved back cover design of engine turning around the edge with a smooth polish circular ring under large floral engravings down the center around a round monogram shield with a detailed building near a stone bridge set into it, coin edge frame, offset gold hinges, engine turning on the front bezel around the extra thick glass crystal and a heavy bow, case is showing only light even wear overall with a little smoothing to some of the engine turning along with tiny dents in a few places, measures approx. 55mm in diameter x 79mm in length x 20mm thick (crystal included). An impressive, high quality Illinois jeweler's mark watch from the 1890s in excellent+ overall condition!

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