February 24, 2006, 16:03
Lindell V. RiddleHi Jerry,
The 19-Jewel 944 is a special favorite of mine.
Main differences are damaskeening, markings of course and as you mentioned the jeweling. I have the one you'll see in the image below number 521015 and a later "fully-marked" example.
That later one, number 552985 has "944" above the Hamilton signature "Motor" to the left and "Barrel" to the right of the barrel jewel and "Adjusted 5 Positions" above the Lancaster, Pa marking. Otherwise it's the same as what you see in the image below.
In this image I angled the light to better show damaskeening details.
Here's a sharp 944 number 521015 up close...