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• Dueber Case Serial Number
• Dueber Watch Case Serial Number
• Dueber Case Serial Number
• Dueber Watch Case Serial Numbers

Antique WALTHAM 17 Jewel Pocket Watch 14K Solid Gold DUEBER Hunters Case – Case is Monogrammed JRA. Watch Face is Signed WALTHAM. Watch Movement is Signed H. 17 JEWELS and stamped with the Serial # 21242706. For this movement serial number the Model is 1894, the Grade is No. 225, the estimated production year is 1917, Size 12s. Your Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. Case is, as MartyR posted, definately gold-filled. Also as he indicated, there are no known records relating Dueber case serial numbers to dates or grades of cases. Additionally, I have strong doubts that there is anybody who is doing research to reconstruct such a record. Dueber watch case jweber11. Serial number 7667055. Can I assume that this case is 14k if it is not stamped? Or 14k gold filled? Dueber had been manufacturing watch cases since 1864 and bought controlling interest in a case company in about 1886. At about this time an anti-trust law was passed and the watch case manufacturers formed a boycott against Dueber. Dates Of Manufacture According To Serial Number And Other Information On The Most Popular American Made Watches. Dueber founded the Dueber Watch Case Company in Cincinnati, Ohio to manufacture cases for fine watches. In 1886, Dueber, who had been making cases for the Hampden Watch Company, purchased a controlling interest in the company. About this time an anti-trust law was passed and the watch case manufacturers formed a boycott against.

Dueber Case Serial Number

In the spring of 1864 half a dozen ambitious Chicago businessmen decided that if Massachusetts could build a factory that built watches – Illinois could, too. Harper's magazine summed their sentiment perfectly: 'It was the genuine, audacious, self-reliant Western spirit.' By August of that year this consortium, including then-Chicago mayor Benjamin W. Raymond, purchased an abandoned farm 30 miles north of Chicago and built a watch factory there. After a year of designing and building the lathes and machines to achieve seemingly impossible levels of precision, a team of watchmakers and mechanical engineers produced their first pocket watch movement, named for mayor 'B.W. Raymond.' The watch was exquisite: Elgin National Watch Company was born.

By 1910, word of Elgin's obsession with precision had spread around the world. Elgin engineers built their own Observatory to maintain scientifically precise times in their watches. Later, their accurate 'wristlet' watches proved to be vital to the WWI war effort, helping to fuel a craze back in the states for something called 'The Wrist Watch.' By the opulent Jazz Age, if you weren't displaying the exuberant symmetry of an Elgin wrist watch or carrying a svelte, distinctive Elgin pocket watch, then who were you? Elgin had helped define the American pocket watch as unsurpassed in 'Railroad Accuracy.' By 1930, the post Civil War dream factory imagined by a handful of American entrepreneurs had produced 32 million 'time machines.'

During World War II, all civilian manufacturing was halted and the company moved into the defense industry, manufacturing military watches, chronometers, fuses for artillery shells, altimeters and other aircraft instruments and sapphire bearings used for aiming cannons.

While their altruism was vital to the war effort, Elgin's patriotism ironically opened an opportunity for the Swiss. By 1964, after a Mid-Century decade that saw the rise of the elite 'Lord and Lady Elgin' series, the original Elgin factory closed. Over the course of a century, the dream factory just north of Chicago had produced half of all jeweled pocket and wristwatches manufactured in the United States.

The legendary Elgin watch has become woven into the fabric of America:

• Robert Johnson, pre-eminent Delta bluesman, sang 'She's got Elgin movements from her head down to her toes' in his 1936 recording of 'Walkin' Blues'.
• NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor was named after the Elgin National Watch Company.
• Daniel Beard's sketches of an angel at the end of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court are based on the Elgin National Watch Company's logo.
• The Steeleye Span album Bloody Men contains a track titled 'Lord Elgin': ostensibly a love song, it is, in fact, about the Lord Elgin Watch.
• Elgin Watch Company is referenced in the video game L.A. Noire, which takes place in post-World War II Los Angeles.

Photo Credit: utamaro

Asking Price: $1,000

Pros:

-This magnificent antique Illinois pocket watch from the 1880s features a solid 14 karat gold double hunter case by Dueber.

-Although the seller does not give the dimensions of the watch, we know that size 8 pocket watch movements measure 1.43 inches (36.4 mm) in diameter. Inclusive of both the movement and case, the watch weighs 76.1 grams.

-The Illinois Watch Company was founded in 1867 in its eponymous state. Like many watch companies, it branched out into wristwatch production in the 1910s. In 1927, the firm was purchased by a competitor, the Hamilton Watch Company. The Great Depression soon prompted Hamilton to close the Illinois factory. As a result, the last 'true' Illinois watch was released in 1938.

-This 1880s Illinois pocket watch is housed in a gloriously period-correct, solid 14 karat gold Dueber watch case. Dueber (also known as Dueber-Hampden) was known for making watch cases of widely varying materials, including base metal, coin silver, sterling silver, gold filled, 10 karat gold, 14 karat gold and 18 karat gold.

-This antique Illinois pocket watch has a 7-jewel, size 8, grade 151 movement, with an estimated manufacturing date of 1881.

-A double hunter pocket watch case is hinged on both sides to accommodate two protective metal covers: one for the front 'dial side' of the watch and the other for the back 'movement side'. These exterior metal covers were often beautifully engraved or otherwise decorated. Double hunter watch cases were invariably more expensive than open face or full hunter watches because they used more metal and required more work to decorate.

-An old $150 promissory note dated 1895 accompanies the watch, which was most likely collateral for the note. $150 was a massive sum of money in 1895, and would have been equal to seven and a half U.S. double eagle gold coins, each one containing nearly a full troy ounce of pure gold. This would roughly be the equivalent of taking a $15,000 loan against your prized solid-gold Rolex today.

-This Illinois pocket watch is superbly engraved on both sides of its 14 karat gold Dueber case with a fanciful scene of flowers, sea monsters and fountains. Seriously, this is some of the finest engraving work I've seen on a Victorian era watch (or anything else for that matter). In addition, the case is not monogrammed, which is a real bonus for some antique collectors.

-Although it is difficult to estimate with any degree of precision, it is almost a certainty that this Illinois pocket watch contains several hundred dollars worth of gold. This reduces the investment risk associated with buying the watch, although it would be a pity to scrap such an impressive piece.

Dueber Watch Case Serial Number

-Given this watch's wonderful engraving, solid gold case and good condition, I believe that the $1,000 ($1,165 with servicing) asking price is easily justified.

Solid 14K & 18K Gold Illinois & Hampden Pocket Watches For Sale

Cons:

MLB 13: The ShowLou Gehrig - Road to the ShowMillar - Road to the ShowDunbar Snackbars - Diamond Dynas. ArmA Single Player Respawn by Hunter. Description: I noticed that when the player is killed in a single player mission, other units in the players group continued to fight, or moved on to the next waypoint or mission objective, so it seemed that the game engine was continuing with the mission even though the player was dead.

Dueber Case Serial Number

In the spring of 1864 half a dozen ambitious Chicago businessmen decided that if Massachusetts could build a factory that built watches – Illinois could, too. Harper's magazine summed their sentiment perfectly: 'It was the genuine, audacious, self-reliant Western spirit.' By August of that year this consortium, including then-Chicago mayor Benjamin W. Raymond, purchased an abandoned farm 30 miles north of Chicago and built a watch factory there. After a year of designing and building the lathes and machines to achieve seemingly impossible levels of precision, a team of watchmakers and mechanical engineers produced their first pocket watch movement, named for mayor 'B.W. Raymond.' The watch was exquisite: Elgin National Watch Company was born.

By 1910, word of Elgin's obsession with precision had spread around the world. Elgin engineers built their own Observatory to maintain scientifically precise times in their watches. Later, their accurate 'wristlet' watches proved to be vital to the WWI war effort, helping to fuel a craze back in the states for something called 'The Wrist Watch.' By the opulent Jazz Age, if you weren't displaying the exuberant symmetry of an Elgin wrist watch or carrying a svelte, distinctive Elgin pocket watch, then who were you? Elgin had helped define the American pocket watch as unsurpassed in 'Railroad Accuracy.' By 1930, the post Civil War dream factory imagined by a handful of American entrepreneurs had produced 32 million 'time machines.'

During World War II, all civilian manufacturing was halted and the company moved into the defense industry, manufacturing military watches, chronometers, fuses for artillery shells, altimeters and other aircraft instruments and sapphire bearings used for aiming cannons.

While their altruism was vital to the war effort, Elgin's patriotism ironically opened an opportunity for the Swiss. By 1964, after a Mid-Century decade that saw the rise of the elite 'Lord and Lady Elgin' series, the original Elgin factory closed. Over the course of a century, the dream factory just north of Chicago had produced half of all jeweled pocket and wristwatches manufactured in the United States.

The legendary Elgin watch has become woven into the fabric of America:

• Robert Johnson, pre-eminent Delta bluesman, sang 'She's got Elgin movements from her head down to her toes' in his 1936 recording of 'Walkin' Blues'.
• NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor was named after the Elgin National Watch Company.
• Daniel Beard's sketches of an angel at the end of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court are based on the Elgin National Watch Company's logo.
• The Steeleye Span album Bloody Men contains a track titled 'Lord Elgin': ostensibly a love song, it is, in fact, about the Lord Elgin Watch.
• Elgin Watch Company is referenced in the video game L.A. Noire, which takes place in post-World War II Los Angeles.

Photo Credit: utamaro

Asking Price: $1,000

Pros:

-This magnificent antique Illinois pocket watch from the 1880s features a solid 14 karat gold double hunter case by Dueber.

-Although the seller does not give the dimensions of the watch, we know that size 8 pocket watch movements measure 1.43 inches (36.4 mm) in diameter. Inclusive of both the movement and case, the watch weighs 76.1 grams.

-The Illinois Watch Company was founded in 1867 in its eponymous state. Like many watch companies, it branched out into wristwatch production in the 1910s. In 1927, the firm was purchased by a competitor, the Hamilton Watch Company. The Great Depression soon prompted Hamilton to close the Illinois factory. As a result, the last 'true' Illinois watch was released in 1938.

-This 1880s Illinois pocket watch is housed in a gloriously period-correct, solid 14 karat gold Dueber watch case. Dueber (also known as Dueber-Hampden) was known for making watch cases of widely varying materials, including base metal, coin silver, sterling silver, gold filled, 10 karat gold, 14 karat gold and 18 karat gold.

-This antique Illinois pocket watch has a 7-jewel, size 8, grade 151 movement, with an estimated manufacturing date of 1881.

-A double hunter pocket watch case is hinged on both sides to accommodate two protective metal covers: one for the front 'dial side' of the watch and the other for the back 'movement side'. These exterior metal covers were often beautifully engraved or otherwise decorated. Double hunter watch cases were invariably more expensive than open face or full hunter watches because they used more metal and required more work to decorate.

-An old $150 promissory note dated 1895 accompanies the watch, which was most likely collateral for the note. $150 was a massive sum of money in 1895, and would have been equal to seven and a half U.S. double eagle gold coins, each one containing nearly a full troy ounce of pure gold. This would roughly be the equivalent of taking a $15,000 loan against your prized solid-gold Rolex today.

-This Illinois pocket watch is superbly engraved on both sides of its 14 karat gold Dueber case with a fanciful scene of flowers, sea monsters and fountains. Seriously, this is some of the finest engraving work I've seen on a Victorian era watch (or anything else for that matter). In addition, the case is not monogrammed, which is a real bonus for some antique collectors.

-Although it is difficult to estimate with any degree of precision, it is almost a certainty that this Illinois pocket watch contains several hundred dollars worth of gold. This reduces the investment risk associated with buying the watch, although it would be a pity to scrap such an impressive piece.

Dueber Watch Case Serial Number

-Given this watch's wonderful engraving, solid gold case and good condition, I believe that the $1,000 ($1,165 with servicing) asking price is easily justified.

Solid 14K & 18K Gold Illinois & Hampden Pocket Watches For Sale

Cons:

MLB 13: The ShowLou Gehrig - Road to the ShowMillar - Road to the ShowDunbar Snackbars - Diamond Dynas. ArmA Single Player Respawn by Hunter. Description: I noticed that when the player is killed in a single player mission, other units in the players group continued to fight, or moved on to the next waypoint or mission objective, so it seemed that the game engine was continuing with the mission even though the player was dead. I mostly play Dynamic Combat/Recon Ops in ArmA, but I would like to play something with the same quality as the single player campaign. With Steam sale around the corner, which DLC would you say are enjoyable in SP and maybe PvE co-op? I'm getting rusty in Arma 3. I didn't know that the very popular mutliplayer combat patrol missions can be played in single player mode too.

-Although the seller claims the case for this Illinois pocket watch is solid 14 karat gold, there is the possibility that it is only 10 karat gold. According to an 1888 advertisement in this forum post, the specific trademark used on this watch refers to solid 10 karat gold cases. While I don't normally recommend investing in antiques made from anything less than 14 karat gold, I do make exceptions for extraordinary pieces or unusual situations. This is one of those exceptional times. In addition, 19th century technical references are notoriously inaccurate. So I believe that the exact gold content of the case is still an open question.

Dueber Case Serial Number

-The seller is offering to fully service this Illinois pocket watch for an extra $165, which is a very reasonable price. However, I am uncomfortable with the idea that the seller would consider shipping the watch to a customer without servicing it first, leaving it in potentially non-working condition. I would prefer that the seller simply service the watch and then adjust the asking price upwards to compensate.

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