Found in a flea market an Illinois watch,
SN 2622765 housed in a Monitor 20 year case. Would anyone be able to provide me with details about this watch, date of manufacturer, etc? Will post a photo of the movement later. Thanks

Wayne,
Illinois watch Serial No. 2622765 was made in 1914 and is a Bunn 17 Ruby Jewels comes from a run of 200.
It is lever set, open faced model 6, and adjusted to 5 positions.

Jim

Jim,
Thanks very much for the information - the front/back covers were on very tight - the dial is dirty, but the movement appears to be very clean.

The Flea Market find Illinois Movement

Wayne,
Was the flea market in Connecticut?
I'll be on vacation there in 3 weeks time.
I will also be in the Las Vagas/Los Angles
area, if anyone knows any good markets out West.

Jim Carroll

Jim,

When will you be in L.A.?

Aaron

Aaron,
Its hard to say, I fly out from Hartford on the 13th of August for an 8 day trip to Las Vegas,
so it depends on how much fun I'm having and If I keep away from the tables.

Jim

just a little more info on your watch.....

if you note the movement signature... in block letters, "illinois watch company" most are signed in old english letters, "Bunn Springfield Ill."

Your watch changes the "book" a little....

This is the earliest movement seen that is marked like this.... the variant is listed to begin with serial number 2858001
This variant is listed to be about 900 movements, but with this run of watches, it increases the numbers to at least 1100.

NOte also, Meggers had initially listed the serial number run as a 21jewel bunn special, but had corrected the info...

More examples need to be seen to see if the entire run in your s/n range are 17 jewel examples.

At some point, you may want to pull the Barrel Bridge and check for matching numbers....just to be sure.

Looks great for a flea market find! congrats!

Ok, you guys forced me to show my bunn (sorry about the poor quality.. gotta get one of those light defusers

Lindell
Close up photo of dial, very light hairlines at the 2 & 11 minutes postions.

hi can anyone tell me what the s.n. range was for this watch?mine is s.n. 2117954

Yours is from a 100 piece run of 2117901 - 2118000. It should be quite valuable now, given Meggers-Earhard blue bible shows $150 - $200.00 23 years ago. Of course if it was a Hunter Case . . .

wow David
i just got it today won it on ebay for a tick over $200.no one bid much on it as they did not show the movement our give the s.n..dose anyone know what it may be worth this day as it is not in the book?