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Seth 25 jewel Maiden Lane

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June 30, 2017, 15:35
Phillip Sanchez
Seth 25 jewel Maiden Lane
Thought you guys might enjoy seeing this as there are not very many floating around. Just received back from Chris. Serial # 351177


June 30, 2017, 15:38
Phillip Sanchez
Back


June 30, 2017, 15:40
Phillip Sanchez
inside


June 30, 2017, 16:44
Roger Stephens
Outstanding Phil, and you are right "not many floating around".

Regards
Roger
June 30, 2017, 18:22
Dave Turner
Very Nice!


Dave Turner
July 01, 2017, 00:12
Harry J. Hyaduck Sr.
Big Grin Beautiful!
July 01, 2017, 06:24
Dr. Debbie Irvine

Simply gorgeous!

Thanks Phil Smile


July 01, 2017, 08:10
Gary E. Cochran
WOW....Very nice..
July 01, 2017, 13:00
Kevin Hoffman
A real "stunner' , is that 25 jewels ? a great example of Seth Thomas , I have had my eye out for a Henry Molinoux also .
July 01, 2017, 20:06
Tony Dukes
Phil or anyone
How many 25 jewel maiden lane were made?
Tony


Tony Dukes
July 01, 2017, 20:43
Lorne Wasylishen
Nice watch Phil, one to be proud of caring for.

Tony, it says here, about 1/3 of the way down: "Seth Thomas blocked out roughly 1300 numbers in all jewel counts for the Maiden Lane. 160 numbers were devoted to the 24-jewel variant, evenly split between two-tone and nickel, making it the second rarest of the Maiden Lanes."

And I have read elsewhere that of the 17,21,24 and 25 jewel Maiden Lanes the 25 was most common.
July 01, 2017, 21:39
Buster Beck
Very nice Phil.

regards,
bb
July 03, 2017, 20:10
Theodore J. Brown Sr.
Nice Seth T. Phil, even a double roller!
July 05, 2017, 23:53
Michael P. McNamee
Just incredibly nice!
July 06, 2017, 04:54
Lindell V. Riddle

Very beautiful and hard to find example.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Wink
July 07, 2017, 00:20
William D. White
Extremely ornate and beautiful! Amazing dial too!

William


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July 13, 2017, 12:49
Larry Buchan
A real nice watch Phil, with that 24 hour dial its ready for Railway Service in Western Canada
August 03, 2017, 16:14
Phillip Sanchez
This 25 Jewel Maiden Lane Now for sale at auction on Ebay. Also have this really nice Ball Hamilton "999e" up also.


August 06, 2017, 13:23
Larry Lamphier
NICE one Phil!!!

Regards,
Larry
August 06, 2017, 13:29
Robert Epstein
Just WOW!

Robert Smile


"It's like deja vu all over again..."
August 06, 2017, 22:23
Kevin Hoffman
what a beauty Phil , at 25 jewels the only thing left to jewel is the bow ! Good luck , the buyer is getting an honest watch
August 07, 2017, 08:30
Lindell V. Riddle

Phil's second watch is a Ball's Standard, Railroad Watch Company 17-Jewel Railroad Grade timepiece. Follow that link to see and read more about this interesting variant. (We try to discourage the use of a combined number/letter designation code on these early watches because it is non-specific, causing unnecessary redundancy and confusion.) All Railroad Grade Ball-Hamiltons were marketed by The Ball Watch Company as "999" with a clear and specifically titled description.

Interestingly Ball along with a group of investors (all of whom lost money) set up a second short-lived and ill-conceived marketing operation, of the two Railroad Watch Company offerings only this 17-jewel model was truly a "Railroad Watch" and was accepted in Railroad Time Service. The lesser 16-Jewel would evolve into the "Commercial Standard" of a few years later.

Phil's 20672 is very close to our 20577 so comparing the two watches should be worthwhile.

Hope this helps,

Lindell

Wink