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Hamilton 16S 21J lever set (LS) adj. 5p grade 992E (Elinvar) pocket watch #2635088, handsome nickel split plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings (GJS), a gold center wheel, Elinvar marked under the balance wheel and a bar-style damascene pattern, one of the case screws is a replacement with a gold finish instead of steel, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel Montgomery style dial with fancy bold Arabic numbers, red & black Arabic minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has a faint hairline at 6 o'clock, bold blue steel spade & whip style hands.

Impressive Wadsworth yellow gold filled (YGF) smooth polish screw back & bezel (SB&B) bar-over-crown model case with stepped bezels, heavy sculpted shoulders, a flat Hamilton marked crown, a fancy bow with swirl engraved accents that supports a bar that runs through the extended shoulder lugs and over the crown and a thick glass crystal, case is showing normal wear with a few small lines of brass starting to show on some of the bezel edges, frame, shoulders, bar & bow along with a few small nicks & pin-head sized holes on the bezels; unfortunately it does appear this case is an amalgamation of two popular Hamilton models with the frame & bezels from a model 10 and the bow & bar from a model 2, measures approx. 51mm in diameter x 62mm in length x 14mm thick (crystal included). A very high quality railroad grade Hamilton from the 1930s, an eye-catching watch in very good overall condition!

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