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Watch auction today.. Could the experts verify if this would be a correct case for this movement.. Serial number of the watch is S 21905...also the hands are not the baton style, are those the only correct ones for a 950 B??? Thanks for any infomation.. John Pavlik  | |||
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The movement..The case and movement are almost perfect.. Case has the 10K Gold Filled printing along the bottom..  | ||||
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Dial side..  | ||||
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John, The serial number on this particular 950B being S21905 points to production in 1955 or thereabouts. At that time the Case 17 was just beginning. The case on yours is an early 17 marked as "Railroad# 17" and with both Hamilton and Keystone markings. That very early Case 17 is probably original to your movement. The melamine dial on your watch looks good and it is also correct for the 1955 era movement. Which brings us to the hands. Those are without question correct Hamilton hands for that time. Although most of us prefer the baton hands with the "Railroad Track" style dial. Perhaps Hamilton may have been running low on baton hands and made a substitution. We also find into the 1960s many later watches had the hands such as you have. Even though we more often associate them with 992B Models, those hands may well be original. Bottom line, my feeling is your watch could be original and unaltered, but other opinions may cast doubt on that assessment, mainly due to the hands. Terry Hall has been tracking these watches and cases along with their numbers and I'm sure this one will interest him. Let's see what he and others say about this one. Lindell  | |||
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Thanks Lindell.. The bottom of the case has the Keystone mark before the 10k Gold Filled printing....Pictue is not clear but it is definitly the Keystone mark.. John  | ||||
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Looks ok. Yes, Keystone made these cases before Star... Personally I think they are fairly scarce...at least when compared to the star cases. Here is a number that is closest to yours..that appears correct 22036 k404397 17(keystone) 12-03 KEYSTONE 17 CASE hg rws dial, bat hands as far as hands..... no firm opinion.... 21994 has shown up, but believe it is a recase in a 17 STAR case....... | ||||
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