Recently acquired:
* 21 jewel Bunn Special
* Adjusted Temp 6 positions, Isochromism
* Gold Jewel settings, train wheels, etc.
* Open Face
* "All over gold" GOLD PLATED MOVEMENT
* Damaskeening
* As described on page 111 of Meggers & Ehrhardt's Illinois Watch Company Book
* As displayed on the front cover of Volume 2
* "ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF THE ALL-OVER DAMASKEENED MOVEMENT HAS BEEN SEEN"
* SERIAL #3,989,526

That was from 1985. My question is.....HAVE MORE OF THESE "ALL-OVER-GOLD" WATCHES SURFACED??

HOW RARE ARE THEY?
LOOKING FOR INFO.......... CONDITION IS "AS NEW"

ALL-OVER-GOLD BUNN SPECIAL DIAL

DEUBER 20 YEAR GOLD FILLED CASE

Don,

That is a beauty.....

The Meggars book (the Illinois Bible) list the serial number as one that was produced in a run of 1000 in serial number range 3541001-3542000 of which the total was not known at the time of printing. I have another source that says 500 were produced in that run as well as 100 produced in a run from 3595101-3595200 and another run of 100 in run 3799301-3799400 making a total of 700.

There was no known documentation about this, only observations. I have seen one that came out of the second run, 3595171,now yours out of the first run but I have not seen one from the third run so your guess is as good as mine as to actual numbers.

I have seen regular Bunn Specials out of the first run which were serial numbers after the first 500 so maybe all the first 500 were "all over gold".

Steve

Don,

hard to see in photo looks odd is there a cap jewel on the pallet bridge?

thanks for the info Steve,

My serial number is 3989528. All of the others seem to come from 3,541,xxx to 3,799,xxx. We may never know????

looks like the screw head snapped off and cap jewel missing, still hard to see does this help?

Just a lighting issue. The screw, cap, and jewel are all there. This specimen appears to have the bottom plate covered in gold as well. Other known specimens do not appear to have this amount of coverage on the top plates and no coverage on the bottom plate.

Donald,
I have an gold plated bunn special in my collection. The serial number 3,799,338.
Tony

Ah ha......one from the third run.

Tony,
Glad to hear you have one also. Yours is some 200K later than the one on the book cover and about 200K before my serial number. How about posting some pictures??? They are beautiful watches!!!