What we have here is one of the earliest 992-B's to surface (and it's a nice one).

Get a closer look now.

Back cover in the vicinity for viewing.

Now we can go "topside."

Wow!, it looks like the day it left the store! you have a piece there..and the pictures are quite professional, clear and sharp, congratulations both for your watch and your skill.

Hello Larry,
Really a beautiful watch, and a very early production, do you have the history behind this watch, i.e. original owner, where purchased? This is the lowest s/n I've seen on this forum.

Extremely nice photos.

Thanks,
Robert

Carlos--Thank you for the kind remarks--I have struggled much with digital photography.

Robert--Thank you. I purchased the watch from a friend (throw away the price guide). He is more of a watch trader than collector and obtained the watch from "an old man" by trading a solid gold Elgin of some sort for it. This older person had owned the watch for a long time and was offered $600 for it a few years ago, but declined back then. Not a very interesting background history and the watch has not spoken--wish I knew more!

Larry

Larry,
Thanks for the wonderful images... looks like you've mastered the camera.

Great Watch.. !!! Everything is what I would expect to see and how it relates to other early examples.

Larry,
I noticed the micro-adjustment in either black or blued, is this consistent with the early serial numbers? The others ones seem to be plated!

Robert

i think that is a lighting issue... these should all be polished metal... brite and shiny....

as i am certain this one is....

That is correct. It is polished steel like all the others (not plated). Lighting is the problem here with the black appearance.
Larry

Larry,
Thanks for correcting me, the lighting will definitely play tricks in photography. Do you think the company officials and employees had the opportunity to purchase the very low serial numbers of this new model in 1940? Just a thought!

Robert

Hey Larry nice watch it would almost impossible to find one with a lower serial#...The price guide ain't even close on a watch like this.

this one answers the question if the serial#,s under 100 would have a 0 in front of the number this one is C 039 not C 39


I was hoping I would get to see a picture of this watch..

GREAT PICTURES

Really nice and Really early.

THanks for posting it.

Charlie

Could this be earlier?

Hello Frank,
Thanks for sharing this very low s/n. Two double digit s/n's in two days, this is great.

Do you have any history on this watch that you would like to share? Maybe someone will show a single digit number someday!

Would you also care to post images of the case, complete movement, etc? Thanks is advance.

Robert

Where U been hidin that one frank?

any other info will be appreciated.....

Lindell,
You're too late for April Fool!

I fess up. I was late for April Fools and used Larry's picture to make an earlier watch!

Frank "407" Kusumoto

Frank,
Look at the post "Hamilton 992B Introduction Information" that I posted on this forum and you will see a "real" picture of C001.

Robert

Lindell,
I also had a big laugh, it is really nice to have a little fun with a nice group such as ours.

Robert

Terry, Rob, Larry, et. al....,

Lindell and I were just having some fun, no malice/fraud intended. It DOES show you what a powerful tool Photoshop can be. Stare and Compare, nothing like having the watch in your hand. Caveat Emptor and all that stuff.

It actually does bring up a side issue that is not for this forum exactly, but I've bought some watches that were "CLEANED" up via photoshop so that rust, abonormalities, didn't show in the Ebay pic. The pic was of the watch, just "enhanced". Now I have no problem with taking a picture from the best angle, but actually toying with certain parts of the image to oblititerate or change change certain "rustful" parts of the watch seem to me to go beyond the pale. But as we've just shown, it is easily done.

Best regards,

Frank "407" Kusumoto

P.S.-And congrats to Larry for having such a great example of from what I've I seen is the lowest documented SN#. We all had a big laugh looking at my "photoshopped" image.

At first I wasn't going to sleep well because TWO (2) earlier 992-B examples showed up so darn quickly yesterday......then I really couldn't sleep at all for trying to figure out how I'm going to get even with a certain pair of 185 chapter members!

LIN RIDDLE SELLS EARLY SERIAL HAMILTON TO FRANK KUSUMOTO!

I was trying to figure out what eight positions would they adjust to.

Sundial adjusted to 6 positions...hummm.