Vintage Wrist and Pocket Watch Boxes

Here is a project for someone or just a nice antique to use for decor. This watch has a 1 jewel manual wind movement that is complete but needs to be repaired. White porcelain dial with black Roman numerals and blue/black hands. Yellow gold filled case with yellow gold filled snap on back that has a decorative design on the outside. It measures 33 mm. across not counting the winding area.

18 size, 17 jewel grade 925 lever set movement that I just bought from my watchmaker so he serviced it and it is running strong and keeping good time. The movement has a jewelers name B.F. Wintersteen, Akron, Iowa and the dial is Montgomery type with bold numbers. This dial has no chips, cracks and no hairlines but it has a red tint that I have not attempted to remove. Inside the screw on case back it says "Alaska Silver and on the outside of this case back is a train scene. This has a thick glass crystal. Serial number is 201402 so it was made in 1902. Measures 55 mm side to side.

If you have ever wanted a real nice one here is one that there will be harder to find much nicer. This is 16 size, 21 jewels cal. 161A, Elinvar 60 hour marked adjusted temp. and Six Positions, Double Roller, Motor Barrel Sixty Hour. The case is white 14k gold filled with the Illinois Bunn Special markings inside the case back and finally look at this dial, it is perfect and has the best markings "Illinois Special Bunn Special" and above the second bit " 21 jewel 60 Hour" Dial is perfect no chips, cracks and no hairlines. Measures 50 mm side to side and serial number is 5527207 so made in 1934.

Ken Cooper out West coast Sales Manager has spent many, many hours and even days tracing the history of this watch and he is our best tracker..

This fine looking & great running Illinois Bun Special Pocket Watch comes to Girard with a great & exciting history.  In late 1934 it was sold to a Mr. Lott Point, a very wealthy oil baron, who considered the world "His Oyster".  On Pearl Harbor Day in 1941 he presented, with great fanfare, this timepiece to his son Mr. Wally Point who had just be called to active duty as a Commander in the Navy.  Wally saw much action during the war as he "rode" a desk at a large Naval Base in the USA.  Once he broke his arm slipping on an apple core he had thrown carelessly on the floor(deck to those in the Navy).  At wars end he left the naval service with many awards for "paper pushing".  On his way home by car he was involved in a terrible accident and his priceless Illinois Pocket Watch vanished.  Many years later his timepiece was sold by C. Punjab’s Quality Pawn Shop to a Mr. Beverely La'Penia, an engineer for a large railroad.  Years later, in a big card game, Mr. La'Penia lost his shirt & pocket watch a Mr. Oily Dunson.  The next day Oily sold this priceless watch to "Snerdwood's Quality Jewels & Things" & within the month the timepiece was bought by Victor Throne, a fast fading movie star, who knew this watch was real keeper!  Years later, in failing health, he sold the watch to Girard. As Girard was writing out the check, Mr. Throne, groaned loudly, and hit the floor stone dead.  Girard overcome by the event of Mr. Throne's passing kept dialing 119 instead of 911. Finally Girard remembered it was 911 and very soon Mr. Throne's corpse was taken away by EMT personnel. This lovely timepiece has been cleaned, timed, oiled and ready for sale. Girard considers it one of the finest pocket watches he has seen in years.  Ask about Girard's lay away plan when purchasing this Illinois Bunn Special.