I bought this from Joe Boone in February and finally got around to cleaning it and recasing today. I added a new mainspring as well. What I thought was unusual is that the dial is pin set on two feet, but screw set on the third. I'd never seen that before. This is the photo Joe had to sell it. I don't have a new pic yet.

#2 I'll post a picture of the recased watch tomorrow when I get a chance to photograph it.

I agree Mike that is odd. Maybe Deacon can shed some light on the subject.

The single dial screw was in practice at the time that Hampden was formed from the "Bones" of New York Watch Co. (of Sprngfield). I have seen many of the Springfield-Made (and a few Canton) Hampdens with the third dial foot held by a dial screw.

You will note the single dial screw accommodates the foot next to the winding stem where there is no room for a dial pin to be used. The odd thing to me is how long Hampden continued to pin their dial at all!

Thanks Dave, this Hampden was produced 1883-1884 according to the chart in the fat book. Do you feel this case is appropriate for this movement?

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MOST Appropriate, Yes!

I have a watch it would be appropriate for too!


You got another one?

I bought that case in 2006 and thought I paid a bunch at around $60. It did need a bezel and crystal though.

Hi all, I figured that John Dueber must have had a lot of pins from his New York purchase and of course it would have been a bit more expensive to make the screws and do the thread work on the movements so being a frugal man he went as far as he could with what he had. Well it was just my theory!

Wow! he finally ran out of pins on the third dial leg of Mike's watch...