c.1869 United States Watch Co. (Marion) John W. Lewis Watch with Button Setting Mechanism
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The United States Watch Company sold the “John W. Lewis” grade in both key-wind and stem-wind configurations. The particular watch, #27571, is a stem-wind movement equipped with a desirable button setting mechanism.
The nickel movement also features a straight-line escapement, visible through a creative butterfly-shaped cutout that was patented by Frederick A. Giles in 1866.
A catalog distributed by the company in 1872 reveals the 15-Jewel stem-wind John W. Lewis movement was offered at $57.50, equivalent to nearly $1,500 in our modern economy.
The current estimated production for the John W. Lewis 18-Size movement rests just above 3,000.
