Here's my current ranking favorite: an 18s IWC Co swing-out with a copper inlay of a sawmill.

Smell the fresh-sawn pine?

Anybody know the significance of the "3"?

Very nice case Eric, first Sawmill I’ve seen on a case, very unusual.

Very nice detail, and you captured it nicely, too.

Along this line a short while ago we were talking about a member's case that depicted a warship that was identified as the US Maine of the Spanish American War fame. I was reading about the Star Watch Case Co., of Ludington, MI, and one of their most popular cases was a depiction of the US Maine. I was wondering if the case we were discussing was one of these Star cases...

Eric, the "3" may indicate a 3-ounce case. I think the general range of case weights was from 1 to around 5.

Eric,

Who "wood" have thunk that a master carpenter would have a case with a saw mill on it?

Very nice.

I believe Bruce is correct that the number 3 indicates that it is a 3 oz case. I collect big coin silver cased KW/KS watches and most of them are 3 oz. My biggest one is a 6 oz hunter cased Elgin.

John

Thanks, boys.

I wouldn't have guessed it had anything to do with weight. I've got quite a few of these larger 18s cases, and this is the only one with any number other than the SN stamped on it.

Mike,I have the watch with the US Maine engraving it is a Burlington in a Burlington case. Roger

I have only seen one other case like this and it was gold. Have you ever seen one like it?



Photo by Chris Abell

Very scarce Waltham case Edward

I have now seen only 3 in 35 years of pockety dealings. I saw one in a dealers inventory with a WI 25 years ago, now yours, and finally one currently available in the IHC used items for sale or trade that John Beale has housing a 23 Jewel wind indicator. If I were a betting man , I would wager that yours must also be a WI

regards,
bb

Buster,
This case houses a 1935 Vanguard that is not a WI (I wish it did). I took another look at John Beale's watch, that might be the one I saw a photo of. I would like to add that to my collection, but!
Ed

Here is an unusual one, to me anyway....A fellow chopping a tree down....

Regards,

Jerry

My big ole Elk hunter, It is a JBoss case 14K 25 year case with an Elgin 21j grade 348.

Another ornate 16s open face

Keep your eye on the Birdie

Here is my 122 year old Elk Stagg....Magnificent set of Antlers....This was My Maternal Grand Father's watch....It will be in the family for another 100 years....

Regards,

Jerry

Some real beauties there and I especially like the big elk case!! What watch is in it and who's the casemaker??

No real comparison and just scanned on my flat bed but here's my "Tom Sawyer". Supposed to be whitewashing Aunt Polly's picket fence but, snuck down to the creek with his cane pole to catch a few crappies

regards,
bb

Well mine isn't unusual but I felt left out. This one screws up nice & straight but I didn't have that way when I took the photo. I just liked the pattern.

I know this is a Keystone die-strike, and that there are several variants, but this is the nicest example I own:

My recent purchase from fellow 185er Barry Hanstein has a sawmill on the back also. These are his pictures. Hope he doesn't mind. This watch weighs a ton. It's a 18 size Elgin Veritas and the case is 4 ounce sterling silver.

Bob

Is this the USS Maine?Deuber Silverine,houses a nice Hamilton 925.

These are some really nice engraved cases....I love them all....

That Tom Sawyer really brings back some boyhood memories of the pole fishing I did growing up in rural Oklahoma....

Buster, that Elk just above your Tom is an Illinois Nickel Silver(Silveroid)Watch Case and in it is my grandfathers seven jewel Elgin, sn 3669092, nothing spectacular, just a good timekeeper and definitely a family heirloom....

Claude has a nice Elk case also, just above mine....

Eric, yours looks like it just came from the 'stamper'....man, it is really crisp looking....

Keep'em coming folks....

Regards,

Jerry

60mm Deuber coin case houses a 15 jewel Rockford.Embellished with gold leaf.This special to me as it was payment for helping a friend cut in a stairway to his basement.He's a watchmaker who has done some jewelry making and does gold leaf.

Other side.

My South Bend 12s 19j 429 white gold case

Norman the Maine was a two stack coal burning armored cruiser with twin steam engines/twin screws with 9,293 HP I believe and yours looks like an earlier warship but I'm not 100% sure. But yours is a great looking case!!

What about the big ole elk case with the mountains in the background, is it YGF and what's ticking?? Very nice, in fact all very nice!! I admit to being partial to outdoor scenes and the old locomotives with thick smoke coming from the stack!!

regards,
bb

18sz YGF "Orange/Peach/Apple Blossom Special"

regards,
bb

Here is the front of the case and it is a JBoss case with an Elgin 348 in it.

Here is a 6s Open face before it was polished. Silver with unknown inlay.

What great looking cases, we have.
Like Claude I like the South Bend 12s cases.
#1 is a 12s studebaker w/g case and the 2nd one is a 12s y/g case.

This is a 18s case from Sears Roebuck. It's only gold filled but has the most texture to the main part of the case and heavy patterns to the back cover. Sorry for the bad lighting (florescent) but the case shows no brassing, which again adds to the whole look and feel of an oddball case manufacturer.
It houses a U.S Watch Co. from 1898

Here is a nice Serene scene on a Dueber Box Case housing one of my Grade 50 Elgin Convertibles....

Regards,

Jerry

Another Elk or Stag.Houses a 15 Jewel,model2 Illinois.