Montre officiel de poche vintage Hamilton - 16S - Grade 974

HAMILTON POCKET OPEN FACE

Grade 974

Movement

17 jewel signed hand windednickel ¾ plated movement, cal.974, size 16,nr.389109, lever set, fine jewels in giltscrewed settings, gilt wheels and bevel-head(conical-head) gild screws, gilt micrometric regulator and gold lettering, Breguet hairspring, compensation balance, adjusted to temperature,thoroughly well finished and in strikingly beautiful condition, well running

Case

excellent signed 10K yellow gold filled open face roundtriple hinged (back-bezel-cuvette) Keystone J.Boss case, Guaranteed 20 years,nr.7575189, 45 mm, nicely art-deco sketchedmonogram: ECF, some light brassing on bezel

Dial

excellent+ original signed,Hamilton in script, white enamel double sunk dial with black painted Arabic numeralsand typical circular red five minutemarkers (style before 1910), 3 hairlines at 2,4 and 8 (not visible with thenaked eye), minor chips round center hole are quite discrete

blued whip hands, sweep seconds,immaculate beveled class crystal

Bow

the bow holds tight to positions, the crown is sharply defined and windsfreely but, by design, does not

extract, because the watch is lever set.

comment

quite unique thoroughly wellfinished two tone movement with manystriking gild parts, mounted in a niceperiod gold filled case. This watch was cased by the jeweler in an art-decostyled case that the buyer desired, as usual before 1920. Movement is fullyserviced and strong running

Year of production: 1907