This one waited patiently for 20 months until it could be sent for professional restoration, but it was well worth the wait.

Just returned, a 1904 Hamilton, Grade 943 (marked), 21J, 18S, HC SN#163670. Total production 2700, per ***** Hamilton Database records.

Listing stated: "Fully marked Grade 943 movements such as this are rare, and this particular example also has the very attractive feature of gilt trim which is unusual to this grade.
Hamilton records show a July 1st, 1904 "Date Finished" but a nearly 14 year delay until its "Date Sold" of April 15th, 1918 to the Norris Alister Ball Co. of Chicago, Illinois."

It runs as good as it looks. On a stand pendant up it was -3 seconds after 24 hours, then face up it was +6 seconds after 24 hours. Normally I would have switched positions after 12 hours on a single wind but was a long day at work and missed the 12 hour mark. When the weather cools down enough I can wear a vest again, I will be interested to see how it does 12 hours in the pocket, 12 hours face up on the desk.

943

943 case

943 case close up

What a beauty and scarce to boot!!

WoW A real dandy, Love it .......

Rodger, Jack, thanks, but the credit goes to the watchmaker who brought it back to original. He never ceases to amaze me with the seemingly miracles he can preform.

Beautiful....

She is a Stunner Joe, a very nice example

Not too shabby!

Gorgeous! I have a Hamilton 939 fully marked. The same thing happened. It was made in 1900 but not sent to finishing department until 1903 and not sold until 1917 to A.N. Anderson. To meet the newer railroad standards these two watches had to be fully marked and they both also sport the wrong dial. The correct dial for 1903/04 would be "Hamilton Watch Co." in script but since they were both sold after 1906 they both have the correct dial for when they were sold.

Fantastic piece of history!

Harry

That’s a very nice looking, hard to find, piece of art.