I made the mistake of visiting a local coin and antique shop today. Got this for about low book and the case is nicer than the photos show. Proprietor says the guy just had it serviced. Runs good and I like the "bar over crown" cases.

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Nice example Mike, the Series 11 has a certain elegance about it!

Thanks Ed. Are the White Gold Filled cases as common as the Yellow?

Mike that is a good question. I have had a number of Keystone Howards and several with your style of case. I think it is my favorite case and at least in my part of the country (Nebraska) the breakdown seems to be 7 or 8 YGF to 1 WGF when it comes to the 16 size watches. The interesting part to me is that I would guess the 12 size Howards are about 6 to 4 on that issue with WGF being the 6. I can only speculate that the smaller watches were Sunday church watches and WGF was perhaps considered dressier. A very nice watch Mike.

Here is a link to a data base I was keeping but unfortunately I have not stayed on top of it.

https://ihc185.infopop.cc/eve/f...186009181/m/83910885

Hey Tom, that makes it pretty clear to me that this is probably the original case to this movement. I don't know how to add mine to your database but my other Series 11 is too old for the Double Bar safety case. It is in a swing-out. i have been looking for one in a case like this for a while and felt that this was not perfect but a nice example. Thanks for your efforts in doing this.

Mike

Oh your welcome, I should have stayed on this.

Another one to watch for is the one with the damaskeened (or however you spell that) movement. They appear to only be in one run, so far they fall into 1385055-1385768. You do not see them very often but every once in a while one will show up on ebay. Most people don't know of this run, it doesn't appear to have any more value but maybe someday.

Mike I added your new one to the list.

Tom

Actually these are pretty "plain" movements for the late teens to early twenties. Makes you think the quality and reputation sold the watches rather than beauty. Thanks Tom

Mike

That is why I like that one run, they at least added a little design to the plates.

Tom