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Illinois Movement from 1914

Case:
Nickle 16 size Illinois Open Face Pocket watch. Art Deco design. With “31 Ford” logo on the back.

Dimensions:
51mm diameter, 9mm thick. 16 size USA.

Movement:
17 jewel Illinois Antique American pocket watch movement. Burlington Special. Manufactured in 1918 in Springfield, Illinois . Bimetallic balance wheel, Fancy Swan regulator. Adjusted. Rose gold train wheels. Geneva Stripe finish.

Dial:
Antique white fire enameled collectors, Burlington Special “Montgomery” dial with black Arabic Numbers, and minutes. Antique Blued steel hands.

The Montgomery Safety Dial was invented by Henry S. Montgomery, the General Watch and Clock Inspector from 1896 to 1923 for the Santa Fe Railway. The Montgomery Dial featured an outer track with individual minutes numbered from 1 to 60. The dial first appeared around 1904, and was used across the entire Santa Fe Railway system to help ensure the safety of Santa Fe crew members and passengers. Santa Fe used mercury-pendulum regulators at all crew change points across the system for crewmen to set their pocket watches, and the Montgomery Safety Dial helped to ensure accurate time readings.

one year warranty.