Description:

Illinois 16S 21J lever set (LS) adj. 6p Bunn Special pocket watch #4275448, beautiful nickel split plate movement with screw-down raised gold jewel settings (GJS), a gold train & center wheel and a radiant sunburst style damascene pattern, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel Montgomery dial with bold fancy Arabic numbers, red & black Arabic minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has a few very small faint hairlines, purple steel spade & whip style hands.

Re-cased into a handsome yellow gold filled (YGF) screw back & bezel (SB&B) case with a steam engine and cars at a railroad crossing design engraved on the back with tight engine turning around that design, deeply engraved laurel design on the bezel, short heavy pendant with a recessed crown, fancy engraved bow and an extra thick glass crystal, case is showing normal wear with small spots of brass showing on the bezel edges, frame & bow, measures approx. 49mm in diameter x 63mm in length x 15mm thick (crystal included). A high grade railroad grade Illinois from the 1920s in a fantastic train-engraved case in excellent condition overall!


Item Specifics:

  • Year Made: 1923-1924
  • Company: Illinois
  • Movement Size: 0516S
  • Jewels: 0721J
  • Setting/Movement Type: lever set
  • Adjustments: 6 positions
  • Model/Grade: Bunn Special
  • Serial #: 4275448
  • Movement Finish: nickel
  • Movement Details: gold jewel settings (GJS), screw-down jewel settings, raised jewel settings, gold train, gold center wheel
  • Dial Material: porcelain enamel
  • Dial Details: double sunk (DS), Montgomery style
  • Hand Style: spade & whip
  • Case Style: SB&B
  • Case Material: Gold Filled - Yellow
  • Case Details: re-cased, extra-thick glass crystal, fancy bow, recessed crown, locomotive/steam engine engraving
  • Case Width/Diameter: 49mm (1.93 inches)
  • Case Length, bow included:  63mm (2.48 inches)
  • Case Thickness:  15mm (0.59 inches)
  • Crystal Material: glass
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Gender: Gentlemen's