Pictured: Santa Fe Special Watch Movement, Manufactured by the Illinois Watch Company, c.1919. During the 1910s, the “Santa Fe Special” became one of the most popular trade names applied to.
Pictured: Santa Fe Special Watch Dial, c.1919. The majority of special named private label watches produced before c.1900 were primarily vanity solutions featuring the name and location for independent jewelers..
Pictured: Illinois Watch Company “23 Jewel 60 Hour” Bunn Special Dial (Image courtesy of Jones & Horan Auctions) During the “Hamilton Era,” the Illinois Watch Company also furnished dials with.
A reader inquired about the differences between the Elgin No. 49 Dial and the Illinois No. 114 (Bunn Special) Dial. Both were utilized heavily on railroad watches offered by the.
Pictured: Illinois Watch Company 16-Size Dials, 1927 Catalog During the 1920s, the market trend favoring metal dials increased even though brilliant white enamel dials still dominated the railroad industry. This.
Illinois Watch Company 12-Size Extra-Thin Model 3 Compared to Standard Model 3 When the Illinois Watch Company introduced their extra-thin 12-Size Model 3 around 1921, the movement had been refined.
