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Ingersoll dollar watch Crown marked "Foreign" info please/

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May 03, 2011, 15:53
Roland Glenn
Ingersoll dollar watch Crown marked "Foreign" info please/
Picked up yet another cheapy pocket watch that is interesting.
It's a 16s Ingersoll from 1920's (?)and marked Crown on the paper dial and where Made in USA should be down at the 6 it has the word Foreign. The movement itself is not the regular USA version, but higher grade similar to a Reliance, but not Jewelled.
Any ideas?

First image shows face.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 15:54
Roland Glenn
Here's the movement.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 15:55
Roland Glenn
For comparison, here is the US version made for the UK market.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 15:57
Roland Glenn
US version for UK market with simpler dollar watch type of movement.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 15:58
Roland Glenn
Here's another Crown.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 15:59
Roland Glenn
And its movement with the London UK warranty paper.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 16:03
Roland Glenn
So from the front my Crown looks like any other paper dialed dollar watch. Yet the movement is not. Here is a 7 Jewell Reliance, which isn't the same either.

I read somewhere that Ingersoll had to put the word Foreign on their products that where made for Europe from World War 1 to the end of WWII. Any truth to that?




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 16:08
Roland Glenn
Here's a later 1930's (?) Ingersoll marked foreign and the dial.




R. Glenn
May 03, 2011, 16:12
Roland Glenn
And here is the movement with Ingersoll Foreign on the plate that looks to be 15 Jewell.




R. Glenn