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Seth Thomas Pocket Watch with Box

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Seth Thomas Pocket Watch with Box
SOLD
250.00USDto m********e+ buyer's premium (48.75)
This item SOLD at 2014 Sep 13 @ 16:50UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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This Seth Thomas watch comes with its original cloth cover and presentation box. This open face, stem wind / stem set, railroad style watch features a single sunk dial with an inner chapter ring printed in black Arabic numerals marking the hours, and an outer chapter ring printed in red Arabic numerals in 5-minute intervals. The seconds on this watch are marked in black Arabic numerals in 10-second intervals. The hour hand is a blued tulip, the minute and second hands are also blued. The center of the dial is marked "Seth Thomas." The screw bezel crystal appears to be original and is in fantastic condition, free of cracks or chips of any kind. The inside of the case is marked "Nickel/Illinois/Watch Case/ Co./ Silver" and bears the same 047411 serial number that appears on the case below the bezel. The watch features a three-quarter plate 7 jewel movement and the mechanism is marked "Seth Thomas/ Centennial/ Thomaston, Conn. U.S.A." and bears the serial number "1318634", which dates the watch to late 1901. This watch is in excellent condition and still runs even though it likely needs cleaned and tightened. The original cardboard box is inscribed in black "Seth Thomas/ "Centennial"/ Watch/ $4.00/ High Grade 7 Jewel Move-/ment in Solid Nickel Screw/ Bezel and Screw Back Case" on obverse and reverse. The top of the box is printed "16 size." The front face of the box is loose on one side, but the box is in otherwise fine condition for its significant age. The Seth Thomas Clock Company was organized as a corporation on May 3, 1853 in Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut (later to become Thomaston) to succeed the earlier clock-making operation of the founder Seth Thomas (1785-1859), who had been manufacturing clocks at the site since 1814. After the founder`s death in 1859, his son Aaron became president and began to add new clocks to the company`s line. About 1862, the firm purchased the patent rights of Wait T. Huntington and Harvey Platt's of Ithaca, New York and added a perpetual calendar clock to their line. They also added a line of tall-case clocks in the 1880s.City: County: State: CTDate: 1901